RECOMMENDATIONS. 469 



On the state and progress of Zoology, by the Rev. Leonard 

 Jenyns, M.A., F.L.S., &c. 



On the state and progress of Systematic Botany, by G. Bent- 

 ham. 



On the state of our knowledge respecting the influence of 

 CHmate upon Vegetation, by the Rev. J. S. Henslow, M.A., 

 Professor of Botany, Cambridge. 



On the state of Physiological knowledge, by the Rev. Wil- 

 liam Clark, M.D., F.G.S., Professor of Anatomy, Cambridge. 



On the state of Pathological knowledge, by John Yelloly, 

 M.D., F.R.S. 



RECOMMENDATIONS 



OF 



THE COMMITTEES, 



WITH NOTICES OF DESIDERATA IN SCIENCE BY THE 

 AUTHORS OF REPORTS. 



[The Recommendations adopted at the Cambridge Meeting have an asterisk 



prefixed.^ 



ASTRONOMY. 



The Committee for Mathematical and Physical Science stated, 

 that it would tend much to the advancement of astronomy and 

 the art of navigation, if the observations of the sun, moon, and 

 planets, made by Bradley, Maskelyne, and Pond, were reduced. 



It was resolved by the General Committee, that a represen- 

 tation to this effect from the British Association be submitted 

 to Government, in the hope that public provision might be 

 made for the accomplishment of this great national object; and 

 that a deputation, consisting of Professor Airy, Mr. Baily, Mr. 

 Davies Gilbert, and Sir John Herschel, be appointed to confer 

 with the Lords of the Treasury on the subject. 



The application was immediately complied with by the Go- 

 vernment, and an advance of 500/. has been made by the Trea- 

 sury towards the reduction of the observations from the year 

 1750 to the present day. 



