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REPOET— 1847* 
That Mr. W. Thompson be requested to prepare a Supplementary Report 
on the Fauna of Ireland. 
That Mr. Robert Hunt be requested to prepare a Roj)ort on the state of 
knowledge of the Chemical Influence of the Solar Undiations. 
That the Committee for conducting Experiments with Captive Balloons be 
re*appoiated, and (o consist of the Kcv. Or. Robinson, Proiessor Wheatstone 
and Colonel Sabine. 
Tltat the following Communications presented to this Meeting be printed 
at full length among the Reports to the Association : viz. 
On tlie relation which exists between contraction in volume and develop¬ 
ment of heat, in mixtures of Sulphuric Acid and Water, by Professor 
Langbcrg. 
On Ethnology, by Chevalier Bunscii. 
On the Original Inhabitants of Scandinavia, by Professor Nilsson. 
On the Mean Temperature of various places on the Globe, by Professor 
Dove. 
On the Turbine, by Mr. Glynn. 
1 hat Sections D. and E. be incorporated under the niime of the Section of 
Zoology and Botany, including Physiology. 
That the Council be authoi izecl, if they shall think fit, to divide the pubii- 
cation of the 'J ransactions into two parts, to be published successively, at 
their discretion, m order to ensure an earlier delivery of such Papers as may 
be at once ready for publication. 
^ Catalogues of Lalande and Lacaille be presented to 
M. Struve, M. Levenier, Mr. J. C. Adams, and the Rev, R. Sheepshanks. 
Recommemlatkm of Special Rcenrcim in Science, invohing Grants of 
Money. 
KEW OBSERVATORY. 
That the sum of £150 be placed at the disposal of the Council for the 
purpose of maintaining the establishment in Kew Observatory. 
mathematical and miysicai. science. 
Ecnpatte'’SedrdSlf,“/r‘7‘ ?" P''^«vations of the Annular 
and that a sum not exoeediog fArgramed for that Professor Powell; 
plate hlTXfAtl4C^c.S'w 
CHEMICAL SCIENCE. 
rp, ^ CEOEOOY. 
aliroT,'^ *'! 'Iia influence of Cmho'nic Sf'"* 'I'''' «' 
That", r“ " Coal-lbrniation. wflh A P'o'ds 
a cootmtttee, consisting of Mr. U. Maltt! HrWl^ff^hios. Pro- 
