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report—1854. 
Not Involving Grants of Money or Application to Government. 
Parliamentary Committee. 
The General Committee are desirous of expressing their thanks to the 
Members of the Parliamentary Committee for the valuable services which 
they have, rendered to science since the last meeting of the Association: the 
establishment of a department of the Board of Trade, under the superin¬ 
tendence of Captaiu Robert FitzRoy, so well known as a scientific navigator, 
for collecting meteorological and other observations at sea, and for promptly 
discussing and disseminating the information which they afl'ord, in conjunction 
with the corresponding system of Lieut. Maury, which has been in operation 
for several years in the United States, is likely to prove of the most importaut 
benefit to the interests of navigation and commerce : and the Committee 
gladly avail themselves of this opportunity of acknowledging the support 
which this great and wise measure has received from the able and perse¬ 
vering advocacy of Lord Wrottesley and Mr. Janos Hey wood; and they beg 
also to notice with particular satisfaction the important aid which is likely to be 
afforded to the successful operation of this system or observations bv the 
Observatory at Kcvy, and iU indefatigable superintendent Mr. Welsh. ' 
Hie Committee sincerely join in the general filing of regret which has ken 
expressed at the retirement from Parliament of Sir Robert Harry Inglis, who 
was on every occasion ready to throw the influence of his high public and 
K m lav ?T of t;ver >' PW ct which was calculated to advance 
the cause of science and humanity, 
m ^ter/co3j : e “ 1Uti0 ” S *"* ttdopted in 10 lhc mil ' 
? f !'“ ! r P ^ iia !5 entttr - v Committee who shall not hate 
sliall be considered ee ?|f g . ^ Committee; for the space of two years, 
andthe vaeanev sn nm Wsigned, but shall be eligible for re-election, 
non; oac,,n'i„.. 3 „ rc diroctcl to |beTpiff thCS: "“ e “ VaCanCiCS 
liamentarv Counuittto 1 '’ ^ I,I e- fo »' C ff ,ow * be c ' Iec tcd a Member of the Par- 
ParliaS. mtteC S,r “* ll ' ^is, Bart, who has retired from 
^ Applications for Reports, fyc. 
Chemical Action of the'sohfr l ° Cont,nue ^is researches on the 
continue tl.ciI' Spec^veteSrcr 1 D ‘* £* ,adstone > F.R.S., be requested to 
an That°D ^ ereon ‘ ' eS ° n F,ax Fi bre and on Solar Radiation, 
n6 Ti, A f n ting on t,le PnjwrcM’ff^i,?® . ,ef } u . e _ 8ted to furnish a report to the 
™ r h ! atP . rof - W ilIi«mBomPh D ,C i‘l Manufactures in Glasgow. 
Chemical Affinity. ’’ e q i »estecl to report on Recent Researches 
That Prof. Miller M n k 
ThatMr e p p' J ; ’ ' ’ rCqUeSted t0 rep0rt recent progress of 
Sta *rbat Mr r l0U i ,0 - lge witl » the*AT * 11 "* “ P & report on the P resent 
strength oP\v mrba rn bl! reqte5Ld\„ M °? ,U8C “ of California. 
Tlfat the V C r om Sht r* ir ° n p,ates at different*!? 110 ® h ‘ S Ex P eriraents on tbe 
Belfast, and M "ffi! - ec ’ listing of Mr te T mpera ‘“ rc «- 
Mr. Will,am Fairbairn, C.F p t! I?** Thomson ’ A.M., C.E., 
J '> -tv. is., be requested to continue 
