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That the sura of £5 be granted for the purpose of sending out the Eth¬ 
nological questions, and that Dr. Conolly and Mr. Cull he the Committee 
for that purpose. 
Applications to Government or Public Institutions. 
That application be made by the President and Officers to Her Majesty's 
Government for the use, rent-free, of Two Acres of Ground, adjacent to the 
Kew Observatory, when the present lease expires, and for the laying on of 
Gas for the use of the Establishment. 
That application be made to the Master-General of the Ordnance for the 
early publication of a Table of the Heights determined by the Trigonometrical 
Surveys of the United Kingdom; and that the said Table be accompanied by 
a statement of the levels of the sea taken as the base of the observations now 
in progress in England, in Scotland, and in Ireland; of the places where taken ; 
and of the reasons for the selection of the same respectively. 
That the Dean of Ely, the Astronomer Royal, Sir J. F. VV. Herachc I, Col. 
Sabine, Col, Sykes, Mr. Gassiot, Professor Miller, and Mr. llophins, be 
appointed a Committee for considering the propriety of repeating the Balloon 
Experiments of 1852, and of applying to the Royal Society for the grant of 
the necessary funds. 
That hi reference- to the Expedition to North Australia, which has been 
so long contemplated, and for which a Parliamentary grant was voted last 
Session, an application be made to Her Majesty’s Government, that the 
arrangements for its prosecution be completed with all convenient despatch; 
and that a deputation, consisting of Sir R. Murchison, Dr. Conolly, Dr. 
Latham, and Dr. Shaw, be appointed to wait on His Grace the Duke of 
Newcastle, to represent the wishes of the Association. 
That it is expedient, for the advancement*of our knowledge of Naval 
Architecture, that a portion of the intended Museum at Liverpool should be 
appropriated to this subject. 
That Mr. \Y. l'airbairn, Mr. J. Nasmytli, and Mr. J. "Whitworth, be a Com¬ 
mittee for taking the necessary steps for instituting an inquiry into the causes 
of Boiler Explosions. 
That the Earl of Harrowby, the Dean of Ely, Col. Sabine, Prof. Graham, 
Mr. W. Fairbairn, and Mr. T. Webster, bo a Committee for the purpose of 
taking such steps as may be necessary to render the Patent system of this coun¬ 
try, and the funds derived from inventors, more efficient and available for the 
reward o I meritorious inventors and the advancement, of practical science. 
Committee having learnt, in the progress of this Meeting, that 
great diflcrences of opinion prevail in the port of Liverpool regarding the 
navigation of iron ships, and that great inconvenience and loss have been 
experienced in consequence of the errors occasioned in the compass by the 
uon o the ship, recommend to the shipowners and other gentlemen inter- 
ea m navigation at Liverpool, to form a committee for the purpose of 
con&i ering the questiou, and making such representations to Her Majesty's 
thej^may^think '<lP’ neccssar y> an d of offering any suggestions which 
That Mr. Henderson and Col. Chesney be a Committee for the purpose 
Lifeboats”^ ^ statlstics design, arrangement, and dimensions of 
