Involving Application to Government. That General Sir Andrew Waugh, Sir Arthur Phayre, General G. Balfour, General Sir Vincent Eyre, Captain Sherard Osborn, Mr. George Campbell, and Dr. Thomas Thomson be a Committee for the purpose of representing to the Secretary of State for India the desirability of an exploration being made of the district between the Burhampooter, the Upper Irrawaddy, and the Yang-tsze-Kiang, with a view to a route being established between the navigable parts of those rivers; and that Dr. T. Thomson be the Secretary. That application be made to the Admiralty for aid in establishing stations in the Orkneys and on the Coast of Ireland, where the actual temperature of the sea may be taken either daily or weekly, so as to prove or disprove any alteration of temperature presumed to result from the deflection of the Gulfof-Florida Stream; that Admiral Manners, Admiral Sir E. Belcher, Admiral Ommanney, and Mr. Milne-Home be a Committee to press this matter on the Government. Communications to be published in extenso in the Annual Report. That the communication of Mr. Huggins on the Progress of Spectroscopic Discovery be printed in extenso among the Reports, and that he be requested. to prepare an abstract of the Discourse which he delivered to the British Association at its Meeting at Nottingham, and prefix it to the paper referred to. That Father Secchi's communication, entitled "Researches in the Spectral Analysis of the Stars," be printed in extenso among the Reports. 66 That Baron Mädler's paper, on Changes of the Moon's Surface," be printed in extenso among the Reports. That the Paper by C. W. Siemens, " On Puddling Iron," be printed in the Reports in extenso. That the word "Ethnology" be omitted from the designation of Section E. That henceforth the Parliamentary Committee consist of those Members of the Council who are likewise Members of one of the two Houses of Parliament. That Members and Committees who may be entrusted with sums of money for collecting specimens of Natural History be requested to reserve the specimens so obtained for distribution by authority of the Association. d 1868. Synopsis of Grants of Money appropriated to Scientific Purposes by the General Committee at the Norwich Meeting in August 1868. The names of the Members who would be entitled to call on the General Treasurer for the respective Grants are prefixed. Kew Observatory. Maintaining the Establishment of Kew Observatory. . . . . . . ........ Mathematics and Physics. £ s. d. 600 00 Tait, Professor.-Thermal Conductivity of Iron and other *Joule, Dr.—Remeasurement of the Dynamical Equivalent of Metals Heat (renewed) *Thomson, Professor Sir W.-Underground Temperature *Thomson, Professor Sir W.-Tidal Observations *Brooke, Mr.-British Rainfall *Glaisher, Mr.-Lunar Committee *Anderson, Dr.-Synthesis of Organic Acids (renewed) Chemistry. 12 0 0 Frankland, Dr.-Composition of Gases dissolved in Deep-Well 25 00 80 00 Geology. Matthiessen, Dr.-Chemical Nature of Cast Iron *Lyell, Sir C., Bart.-Kent's-Cavern Exploration *Mitchell, Mr. W. S.-Leaf-beds of the Lower Bagshot series.. Duncan, Dr. P. M.-British Fossil Corals ... *Moore, Mr. C.-Veins containing Organic Remains in the *Bryce, Dr.-Earthquakes in Scotland (renewed) Biology. Jukes, Professor.-Kiltorean Fossils, Kilkenny. *Carruthers, Mr.-Fossil Flora of Britain 10 0 0 14 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 00 *Richardson, Dr.-Physiological Action of the Methyl Series.. Foster, Dr.-Products of Digestion.... 00 10 0 0 Brown, Dr. Crum.-Relation between Chemical Constitution and Physiological Action 15 0 0 *Lankester, Mr. E. Ray.—Investigation of Animal Substances with the Spectroscope (renewed) 00 Wright, Dr. E. P.-Dredging on the coast of Lisbon 00 00 Statistics and Economic Science. *Bowring, Sir J.-Metrical Committee... *Russell, Mr. J. Scott.-Analysis of Reports on Steam-ship 25 0 0 Mechanics. GENERAL STATEMENT. General Statement of Sums which have been paid on Account of Grants for Scientific Purposes. British Fossil Ichthyology Thermometric Observations, &c. Experiments on long-continued Heat Rain-Gauges Refraction Experiments Lunar Nutation....... Thermometers ...... 331 18 6 11 0 0 6 16 6 10 10 0 50 0 0 16 1 0 Stars in Lacaille 0 0 Stars in R.A.S. Catalogue......... Steam-engines in Cornwall Atmospheric Air Cast and Wrought Iron.......... 40 3 0 Gases on Solar Spectrum Hourly Meteorological Observa tions, Inverness and Kingussie 49 Fossil Reptiles 22 0000 118 Mining Statistics 50 720 9 1837. £1595 11 150 0 0 Subterranean Temperature Heart Experiments 89 5 150 0 Lungs Experiments 0 0 Tide Discussions 50 0 0 8 4 6 Land and Sea Level ............................... 6 11 1 30 0 0 Stars (Histoire Céleste) 242 10 0 ......... 11 18 6 Stars (Lacaille). Stars (Catalogue) Atmospheric Air 1838. Water on Iron 10 0 0 Meteorological Observations..... Foreign Scientific Memoirs Working Population 52 17 6 112 1 6 100 0 0 60 0 1 10 41 12 10 50 0 mena Forms of Vessels Chemical and Electrical Pheno Meteorological Observations at 6 Magnetical Observations £1546 16 4 1841. Bristol Tides .... 16 4 0 Actinometers..... 10 0 £956 12 2 Earthquake Shocks 17 Acrid Poisons..... 35 18 6 Stars (Histoire Céleste)......... 185 0 0000.00 8 6 d 2 Influence of Light on Plants...... Ireland Coloured Drawings of Railway £ s. d. 10 0 0 5 0 0 15 17 6 8. d. ༤ 0 0 Fossil Fishes of the London Clay 100 0 the Lower Tertiary Strata ... 100 0 0 Researches in Asphyxia.......... Registering the Shocks of Earth quakes Marine Zoology of Corfu ........ Experiments on the Vitality of Seeds Exotic Anoplura Strength of Materials 10 0 700 Examination of Fossil Shells...... 1844 0 Expenses attending Anemometers 300 146 16 6 16 2 10 0 2 15 10 7 12 3 3 8 19 3 6 3 15 12 0 0 £685 16 0 ............ 100 0 |