RESEARCHES IN SCIENCE. XXIU 



Hodgkin, Mr. J. Yates, Mr. Gray, Mr. Darwin, Mr. R. Taylor, Dr. Wiseman, 

 and Mr. Yarrell), for preparing a series of questions on the Races of Men, 

 be requested to continue their labours ; and that the sum of 11. 10s. be placed 

 at their disposal for the purpose. 



The Report to be presented at the next meeting of the Association. 



That the Committee already appointed (consisting of Dr. Lankester, Dr. 

 Arnott, Dr. Greville, and Dr. Fleming) to report on the Organic Beings of 

 Mineral Waters, be requested to continue their researches, and that Dr. Dau- 

 beny, Mr. Forbes, and Mr. Goodsir be added to the number ; and that the 

 sum of 6/. be placed at their disposal for the pvirpose. 



That a Committee, consisting of Mr. Hugh Strickland, Dr. Daubeny, Pro- 

 fessor Lindley, and Professor Henslow, be requested to continue the investi- 

 gations on the Growth and Vitality of Seeds ; and that the sum of 10^., for- 

 merly granted, be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



The Report to be presented at the next meeting of the Association. 



That a Committee, consisting of Mr. Babington and Mr. Garnons, be re- 

 quested to continue the researches on the preservation of animal and vege- 

 table substances ; and that the sum of 6^., formerly granted, be placed at 

 their disposal for the purpose. 



The Report to be presented at the next meeting of the Association. 



That a Committee, consisting of Mr. Gray, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Goodsir, Mr. 

 Patterson, Mr. Thompson of Belfast, Mr. Ball of Dublin, Dr. Geo. Johnston, 

 Mr. Smith of Jordan Hill, Mr. Couch, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. H. Bellamy, Mr. 

 Walker, and Mr. Lyte, be requested to undertake a series of researches with 

 the dredge, with a view to the investigation of the Marine Zoology of Great 

 Britain, the illustration of the Geographical Distribution of Marine Animals, 

 and the more accurate determination of the Fossils of the Pleiocene Period ; 

 and that the sum of 50^., placed at the disposal of the Committee last year 

 for the purpose, be continued. 



The Report to be presented at the next meeting of the Association. 



That the sum of 150/. be granted for inquiries into Vital Statistics. The 

 Committee to consist of Lieut.-Col. Sykes, Viscount Sandon, Mr. G. R. Por- 

 ter, Mr. J. Heywood, Dr. W. P. Alison, Dr. Cowan, Mr. E. Chadwick, and 

 Mr. Watts. 



That the Committee already appointed on the Forms of Vessels (consisting 

 of Sir J. Robison, Mr. Scott Russell, and Mr. J. Smith) be requested to com- 

 plete their experiments on that subject ; and that the sum of 150/. be placed 

 at the disposal of the Committee for the purpose. 



The Report to be presented at the next meeting of the Association. 



That a Committee, consisting of Professor Moseley, Mr. Enys, and Mr. 

 Hodgkinson, be appointed for completing the dynamometrical experiments on 

 the Steam Engine, and for applying the chronometrical apparatus of Poncelet 

 and Morin, to determine the velocity of the piston at different periods of the 

 stroke ; and that the sum of 100/. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



The Report to be presented at the next meeting of the Association. 



That a Committee, consisting of Professor Moseley, Mr. E. Hodgkinson, 

 Mr. Brunei, and Mr. E.Woods, be requested to apply the Constant Indicator to 

 Locomotive Engines on Railways ; and that the sum of 100/. be placed at 

 the disposal of the above Committee for the purpose. 



The Report to be presented at the next meeting of the Association. 



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