Page Report of some Galvanic Experiments to determine the existence or non-existence of Electrical Currents among stratified Rocks, particularly those of the Mountain Limestone formation, consti- tuting the Lead Measures of Alston Moor. By H. L. PATTIN- Report respecting the two series of Hourly Meteorological Ob- servations kept in Scotland, at the expense of the British Asso- ciation. By Sir DAVID BREWSTER, K.H., LL.D., F.R.S. L. & E. Report on the Subject of a series of Resolutions adopted by the British Association at their Meeting in August, 1838, at New- OBJECTS AND RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION. OBJECTS. THE ASSOCIATION contemplates no interference with the ground occupied by other Institutions. Its objects are,-To give a stronger impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific inquiry, to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate Science in different parts of the British Empire, with one another, and with foreign philosophers,—to obtain a more general attention to the objects of Science, and a removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress. RULES. MEMBERS. All Persons who have attended the first Meeting shall be entitled to become Members of the Association, upon subscribing an obligation to conform to its Rules. The Fellows and Members of Chartered Literary and Philosophical Societies publishing Transactions, in the British Empire, shall be entitled, in like manner, to become Members of the Association. The Officers and Members of the Councils, or Managing Committees, of Philosophical Institutions, shall be entitled, in like manner, to become Members of the Association. All Members of a Philosophical Institution recommended by its Council or Managing Committee, shall be entitled, in like manner, to become Members of the Association. Persons not belonging to such Institutions shall be elected by the General Committee or Council, to become Members of the Association, subject to the approval of a General Meeting. SUBSCRIPTIONS. The amount of the Annual Subscription shall be One Pound, to be paid in advance upon admission; and the amount of the composition in lieu thereof, Five Pounds. vi RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION. An admission fee of One Pound is required from all Members elected as Annual Subscribers, after the Meeting of 1839, in addition to their annual subscription of One Pound. Members are entitled to receive copies of any volume of the Transactions for two-thirds of the price at which it is sold to the public; or by one present payment of Five Pounds, as a fixed Book Subscription, to receive a copy of all the volumes of Transactions published after the date of such payment. Subscriptions shall be received by the Treasurer or Secretaries. If the annual subscription of any Member shall have been in arrear for two years, and shall not be paid on proper notice, he shall cease to be a member. MEETINGS. The Association shall meet annually, for one week, or longer. The place of each Meeting shall be appointed by the General Committee at the previous Meeting; and the Arrangements for it shall be entrusted to the Officers of the Association. GENERAL COMMITTEE. The General Committee shall sit during the week of the Meeting, or longer, to transact the business of the Association. It shall consist of the following persons :— 1. Presidents and Officers for the present and preceding years, with authors of Reports in the Transactions of the Association. 2. Members who have communicated any Paper to a Philosophical Society, which has been printed in its Transactions, and which relates to such subjects as are taken into consideration at the Sectional Meetings of the Association. 3. Office-bearers for the time being, or Delegates, altogether not exceeding three in number, from any Philosophical Society publishing Transactions. 4. Office-bearers for the time being, or Delegates, not exceeding three, from Philosophical Institutions established in the place of Meeting, or in any place where the Association has formerly met. 5. Foreigners and other individuals whose assistance is desired, and who are specially nominated in writing for the meeting of the year by the President and General Secretaries. 6. The Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the Sections are ex officio members of the General Committee for the time being. SECTIONAL COMMITTEES. The General Committee shall appoint, at each Meeting, Committees, consisting severally of the Members most conversant with the several branches of Science, to advise together for the advancement thereof. The Committees shall report what subjects of investigation they would particularly recommend to be prosecuted during the ensuing year, and brought under consideration at the next Meeting. The Committees shall recommend Reports on the state and progress of particular Sciences, to be drawn up from time to time by competent persons, for the information of the Annual Meetings. COMMITTEE OF RECOMMENDATIONS. The General Committee shall appoint at each Meeting a Committee, which shall receive and consider the Recommendations of the Sectional Committees, and report to the General Committee the measures which they would advise to be adopted for the advancement of Science. All Recommendations of Grants of Money, Requests for Special Researches, and Reports on Scientific Subjects, shall be submitted to the Committee of Recommendations, and not taken into consideration by the General Committee, unless previously recommended by the Committee of Recommendations. LOCAL COMMITTEES. Local Committees shall be formed by the Officers of the Association to assist in making arrangements for the Meetings. Committees shall have the power of adding to their numbers those Members of the Association whose assistance they may desire. OFFICERS. A President, two or more Vice-Presidents, one or more Secretaries, and a Treasurer, shall be annually appointed by the General Committee. COUNCIL. In the intervals of the Meetings, the affairs of the Association shall be managed by a Council appointed by the General Committee. The Council may also assemble for the despatch of business during the week of the Meeting. PAPERS AND COMMUNICATIONS. The Author of any paper or communication shall be at liberty to reserve his right of property therein. ACCOUNTS. The Accounts of the Association shall be audited annually, by Auditors appointed by the Meeting. OFFICERS AND COUNCIL, 1839-40. Trustees (permanent.)—Francis Baily, Esq. R. I. Murchison, Esq. John Taylor, Esq. President.-The Rev. William Vernon Harcourt, F.R.S. G.S. Vice-Presidents.-The Marquis of Northampton. The Earl of Dartmouth. The Rev. T. R. Robinson, D.D. John Corrie, Esq., deceased. President elect.-The Most Noble the Marquis of Breadalbane. Vice-Presidents elect.—The very Rev. Principal Macfarlane. Major-Gen. Lord Greenock. Sir David Brewster. Sir Thos. Macdougall Brisbane. General Secretaries.-R. I. Murchison, Esq., F.R.S. Major Sabine, F.R.S. Assistant General Secretary.—John Phillips, Esq., F.R.S. York. Secretaries for Glasgow.-Rev. J. P. Nicol, LL.D. Andrew Liddell, Esq. John Strang, Esq. General Treasurer.-John Taylor, Esq., F.R.S., &c. 2, Duke Street, Adelphi, London. Treasurer to the Glasgow Meeting.-Charles Forbes, Esq. Council.-Dr. Arnott. F. Baily, Esq. R. Brown, Esq. Rev. Dr. Buckland. The Earl of Burlington. Professor Daniell. Dr. Daubeny. Professor T. Graham. J. E. Gray, Esq. G. B. Greenough, Esq. Dr. Hodgkin. R. Hutton, Esq. M.P. Dr. Lardner. Dr. R. Lee. Sir C. Lemon, Bart. J. W. Lubbock, Esq. C. Lyell, Esq. C. Lyell, Esq. Professor Moseley. Professor Owen. The Very Rev. Dr. Peacock. Professor Powell. George Rennie, Esq. Lieut.-Col. Sykes. Captain Washington. Professor Wheatstone. Professor Whewell. Secretary to the Council.-James Yates, Esq., F.R.S. 49, Upper Bedford Place, London. Local Treasurers.-Dr. Daubeny, Oxford. Professor Henslow, Cambridge. Dr. Orpen, Dublin. Charles Forbes, Esq., Edinburgh. William Gray, jun., Esq., York. William Sanders, Esq., Bristol. Samuel Turner, Esq., Liverpool. Rev. John James Tayler, Manchester. James Russell, Esq., Birmingham. William Hutton, Esq., Newcastle-on-Tyne. Henry Woolcombe, Esq., Plymouth. |