The Continuation of the Bibliography Chairman.-Professor H. M'Leod. of Spectroscopy. Preparing a new Series of Wave-length Tables of the Spectra of the Elements. The Influence of the Silent Discharge of Electricity on Oxygen and other Gases. The Action of Light on the Hydracids of the Halogens in presence of Oxygen. Isomeric Naphthalene Derivatives Secretary.-Professor Roberts-Austen. Professor Reinold and Mr. H. G. Madan. Chairman.-Sir H. E. Roscoe. Chairman.-Professor H. M'Leod. Chairman.-Dr. Russell. Captain Abney and Professors Noel Chairman.-Professor W. A. Tilden. Secretary.-Professor H. E. Armstrong. Absorption Spectra of Pure Compounds. Chairman.-General Festing. To inquire into the Proximate Chemical Constituents of the various kinds of Coal. The Rate of Erosion of the Sea-coasts of England and Wales, and the Influence of the Artificial Abstraction of Shingle or other material in that action, Secretary. Dr. H. E. Armstrong. Captain Abney. Chairman.-Sir I. Lowthian Bell. Secretary.-Professor P. Phillips Bedson. Mr. Ludwig Mond, Professors Vivian B. Lewes and E. Hull, and Messrs. J. W. Thomas and H. Bauerman. Chairman.-Mr. R. B. Grantham. Secretaries.-Messrs. C. E. De Rance and W. Topley. Messrs. J. B. Redman, W. Whitaker, and J. W. Woodall, Maj.-Gen. Sir A. Clarke, Admiral Sir E. Ommanney, Sir J. N. Douglass, Capt. Sir G. Nares, Capt. J. Parsons, Capt. W. J. L. Wharton, Professor J. Prestwich, and Messrs. E. Easton, J. S. Valentine, and L. F. Vernon Harcourt. 2. Not receiving Grants of Money-continued. Subject for Investigation or Purpose To undertake the Investigation of the Sources of the River Aire, and also to test the value of Uranin and other Dyes in investigating the Courses of Underground Streams. The Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius and its neighbourhood. Considering the advisability and possibility of establishing in other parts of the country Observations upon the Prevalence of Earth Tremors similar to those now being made in Durham in connection with coal-mine explosions. To consider a project for investigating the Structure of a Coral Reef by Boring and Sounding. Disappearance of Native Plants from their Local Habitats. To make a Digest of the Observations on the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses and Light-vessels. For taking steps to establish a Botanical Laboratory at Peradeniya, Ceylon. To consider proposals for the Legislative Protection of Wild Birds' Eggs. The Teaching of Science in Elementary Schools. Members of the Committee Chairman.-Professor R. Meldola. Secretary.-Professor Silvanus P. Thomp son. Mr. J. Birbeck, Mr. Walter Morrison, Chairman. Mr. H. Bauerman. Chairman. Mr. G. J. Symons. Chairman.-Professor T. G. Bonney. Chairman.-Mr. A. W. Wills. Chairman.-Professor Newton. Messrs. John A. Harvie-Brown, R. M. Chairman.-Professor M. Foster. Chairman.-Mr. Thomas Henry Thomas. Chairman.-Dr. J. H. Gladstone. That Mr. W. N. Shaw be requested to continue his Report on the present state of our Knowledge in Electrolysis and Electro-chemistry. That the Report on Thermodynamics presented by Dr. J. Larmor and Mr. G. H.. Bryan be printed among the Reports. That Dr. J. Larmor and Mr. G. H. Bryan be requested to continue their Report on the present state of our knowledge in Thermodynamics, specially with regard tothe Second Law. That Professor H. A. Newton's paper on The Action of a Planet upon Small: Bodies passing near the Planet, with special reference to the Action of Jupiter upon such Bodies,' be printed in extenso in the Report of the Association. That the Report presented by the Committee appointed to arrange for the occupation of a Table at the Zoological Station at Naples be printed in full in the Reports. That the arrangements for Sectional Meetings adopted at the present Annual: Meeting be continued next year at Edinburgh. Resolutions referred to the Council for consideration, and action if desirable. A Resolution relating to the Times of Meeting of the General Committee and the Committee of Recommendations. Resolutions referring to the Ordnance Survey, viz. : (1) That the publication of the one-inch and six-inch Ordnance Survey Maps is, in the interests of Science, urgently required at the earliest possible date, no lessthan in the interests of Industry, Manufacture, and Technical Education. (2) That steps be taken and provision made for keeping the Ordnance Maps up. to date. (3) That the Maps should be made more accessible to the public, and should besold at a lower price, as is the case in nearly all other official publications, such as Admiralty Charts, Blue Books, &c. That the following papers be printed in full: Recent Progress in Indian Agricul-jure,' by C. L. Tupper; Recent Progress in Indian Railways,' by W. C. Furnivall. Synopsis of Grants of Money appropriated to Scientific Purposes by the General Committee at the Cardiff Meeting, in August 1891. The Names of the Members entitled to call on the General Treasurer for the respective Grants are prefixed. Mathematics and Physics. *Foster, Professor Carey.-Electrical Standards (partly renewed). ........ *McLaren, Lord.-Meteorological Observations on Ben Nevis Chemistry and Mineralogy. ...... *Roberts-Austen, Professor.-Analysis of Iron and Steel (re- Armstrong, Professor H. E.-Formation of Haloids from *Tilden, Professor W. A.-Properties of Solutions Geology. ........ ... 10 0 0 *Prestwich, Professor.-Erratic Blocks (partly renewed) *Hull, Professor E.-Underground Waters.... *Davis, Mr. J. W.-Investigation of Elbolton Cave.. Jones, Professor T. R.-Faunal contents of Sowerbyi Zone *Evans, Dr. J.-Excavations at Oldbury Hill................ *Woodward, Dr. H.-Cretaceous Polyzoa Carried forward........ 20 0 0 500 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 6 £371 * Reappointed. |