Graham, and General Sabine, be appointed a Committee for the furtherance of the objects set forth in the Report of the Patent Committee presented to the Association at this meeting, and that Mr. Webster be requested to act as Secretary to the same. Involving Applications to Government or Public Institutions. That the thanks of the British Association be offered to H.R.H. The Prince Consort, as President of the Association, for the interest he has manifested in the continuation of Magnetic Observations; and that he be requested, in concert with the President of the Royal Society, to take such steps as may appear most suitable to carry out the recommendation of the two Societies in respect to these observations. That an Electrometer be constructed on the principle of that described by Professor W. Thomson. That it be verified at Kew, and a report of its performance be made to the Association at its next Meeting. That Professor W. Thomson be requested to carry this into effect, and that he be authorized to communicate with the President and Council of the Royal Society for the purpose of obtaining their cooperation. The Committee of the Section of Mathematical and Physical Science having represented the probable importance of occasional telegraphic communication between a few widely-separated ports of Great Britain and Ireland, by which warning may be given of storms, the General Committee recommend application to the Board of Trade for such an arrangement as may further this object authoritatively. That it is desirable that the British Association should express to Her Majesty's Government, through the proper authorities, its concurrence in the application made by the Royal Geographical Society to the First Lord of the Treasury, to further a proposed Expedition under Capt. Speke, to ascertain if the White Nile has its main source in the Great Nyanga Lake. That in addition to the large and accurate Survey now in progress on the North-eastern coast of China, under the direction of the Admiralty, it is desirable to have prepared, with as little delay as possible, Maps on a smaller scale, and extending over a larger area. Communications to be printed entire among the Reports. Mr. Atherton.-On Steam-Transport Economy. Mr. Fairbairn.-On Breaks for Railway Trains. Mr. J. Park Harrison. On Lunar Influence upon Temperature, with Diagrams. Mr. A. Thomson-On Industrial Schools. Mr. De la Rue.-Celestial Photography. Synopsis of Grants of Money appropriated to Scientific Objects by the General Committee at the Aberdeen Meeting in September 1859, with the name of the Member, who alone, or as the First of a Committee, is entitled to draw for the Money. SULLIVAN, Professor.-Solubility of Salts Geology. MALLET, ROBERT.-Earthquake Waves.. ANDERSON, Rev. Dr.- Excavations in Yellow Sandstone of 25 0 O 20 0 0 MURCHISON, Sir R. 1.-Fossils in Upper Silurian Rocks, Lesmahago 15 0 O Zoology and Botany. MACANDREW, ROBERT.-General Dredging OGILVIE, Dr. Dredging North and East Coasts of Scotland. DAUBENY, Dr.-Growth of Plants Physiology. ALLMAN, Professor.-Report on Hydroid Zoophytes... Mechanical Science. MOORSOM, Admiral.-Steam-Vessels' Performance THOMSON, Professor J.-Discharge of Water 10 0 0 Total.... £930 0 0 General Statement of Sums which have been paid on Account of Grants for Tide Discussions ......... British Fossil Ichthyology Scientific Purposes. 1834. Tide Discussions 20 0 0 1835. 62 0 0 105 0 0 Railway Constants 1836. Stars in Histoire Céleste ......... 331 18 Stars in Lacaille 11 0 0 Stars in R.A.S. Catalogue......... Animal Secretions...... 50 0 0 Thermometric Observations, &c. Experiments on long-continued Rain Gauges Refraction Experiments Lunar Nutation...... Thermometers 15 6 0 Steam-engines in Cornwall Cast and Wrought Iron............ Heat on Organic Bodies Gases on Solar Spectrum Hourly Meteorological Observa 6 16 10 10 22 0 tions, Inverness and Kingussie 49 7 8 £434 14 0 Fossil Reptiles 1837. Mining Statistics 660 720 9 £1595 11 0 1840. Bristol Tides .............. 100 0 0 150 Heart Experiments Temperature ..................... 89 3 Lungs Experiments Vitrification Experiments. ......... 150 0 Tide Discussions ............... 8 4 6 Land and Sea Level 30 0 0 ......... Atmospheric Air 15 15 0 35 0 0 2 0 0 25 0 Revision of the Nomenclature of Hourly Meteorological Observa tions at Kingussie and Inverness 77 12 Meteorological Observations at Publication of the British Asso- East coast of Scotland 8 Revision of the Nomenclature of ..1842 10 0 0 Magnetic and Meteorological Co- 100 0 0 2 9 6 60 0 0 £1565 10 2 |