HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT ABERDEEN, September 14, 1859. The LORD WROTTESLEY, M.A., V.P.R.S., F.R.A.S.... OXFORD, June 27, 1860. WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN, Esq., LL.D., C.E., F.R.S. MANCHESTER, September 4, 1861. .... The REV. R. WILLIS, M.A., F.R.S., Jacksonian Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy in the University of Cambridge CAMBRIDGE, October 1, 1862. SIR W. ARMSTRONG, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S.. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, August 26, 1863. (The Duke of Richmond, K.G., F.R.S.. The Earl of Aberdeen, LL.D., K.G., K.T., F.R.S. Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart., M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S. Sir Roderick I. Murchison, G.C.St.S., D.C.L., F.R.S. The Rev. T. R. Robinson, D.D., F.R.S. A. Thomson, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., Convener of the County of Aberdeen.. The Earl of Derby, K.G., P.C., D.C.L., Chancellor of the Univ. of Oxford.. The Very Rev. H. G. Liddell, D.D., Dean of Christ Church, Oxford Professor Acland, M.D.,F.R.S. Professor Donkin, M.A.,F.R.S., F.R.A.S. The Earl of Ellesmere, F.R.G.S. The Lord Stanley, M.P., D.C.L., F.R.G.S. The Lord Bishop of Manchester, D.D., F.R.S., F.G.S. Sir Philip de M. Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., F.G.S.. Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart., F.R.S.......... Thomas Bazley, Esq., M.P. James Aspinall Turner, Esq., M.P. .......... James Prescott Joule, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., Pres. Lit. & Phil. Soc. Manchester.. Professor E. Hodgkinson, F.R.S., M.R.I.A., M.I.C.E. Joseph Whitworth, Esq., F.R.S., M.I.C.E. ..... The Rev. the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge The Very Rev. Harvey Goodwin, D.D., Dean of Ely. The Rev. W. Whewell, D.D., F.R.S., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge G. B. Airy, Esq., M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., Astronomer Royal. Professor J. C. Adams, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., Pres. C.P.S. Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, Bart., M.A. ..... Sir Charles Lyell, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.G.S. Nicholas Wood, Esq., President of the Northern Institute of Mining En- Rev. Temple Chevallier, B.D., F.R.A.S........... Professor J. Nicol, F.R.S.E., F.G.S. Professor Fuller, M.A. John F. White, Esq. George Rolleston, M.D., F.L.S. H. J. S. Smith, Esq., M.A., F.C.S. George Griffith, Esq., M.A., F.C.S. R. D. Darbishire, Esq., B.A., F.G.S. Arthur Ransome, M.A., Esq. Professor C. C. Babington, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S. Professor G. D. Liveing, M.A. The Rev. N. M. Ferrers, M.A. A. Noble, Esq. Augustus H. Hunt, Esq. R. C. Clapham, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENTS. The Right Hon. the Earl of Cork and Orrery, Lord Lieutenant of Somer. setshire The Most Noble the Marquis of Bath The Right Hon. Lord Portman ...................... The Very Reverend the Dean of Hereford The Venerable the Archdeacon of Bath ................................................................................. A. E. Way, Esq., M.P.. Francis H. Dickinson, Esq.. W. Sanders, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S. (The Right Hon. the Earl of Lichfield, Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire.. The Right Hon. the Earl of Dudley The Right Hon. Lord Leigh, Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire F. Osler, Esq., F.R.S. The Rev. Charles Evans, M.A. His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire.. J. C. Webb, Esq., High-Sheriff of Nottinghamshire John Russell Hinds, Esq., F.R.S., F.R.A.S............ The Right Hon. the Earl of Airlie, K.T. The Right Hon. the Lord Kinnaird, K.T. Sir John Ogilvy, Bart., M.P. ....... ........... .... .... Sir Roderick I. Murchison, Bart., K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c... Sir David Baxter, Bart. Sir David Brewster, D.C.L., F.R.S., Principal of the University of Edinburgh. ...... James D. Forbes, LL.D., F.R.S., Principal of the United College of St. Salvator and St. Leonards, University of St. Andrews The Right Hon. the Earl of Leicester, Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk. Sir John Peter Boileau, Bart., F.R.S....... The Rev. Adam Sedgwick, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c., Woodwardian Professor of Geology in the University of Cambridge. Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S... John Couch Adams, Esq., M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry in the University of Cambridge.. Thomas Brightwell, Esq.... The Right Hon. The Earl of Devon..... Dr. Donald Dalrymple. Rev. Joseph Crompton, M.A. Rew Canon Hinds Howell. Sir John Bowring, LL.D., F.R.S. William B. Carpenter, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S.......... W. H. Fox Talbot, Esq., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S.. (His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., D.C.L., F.R.S. The Right Hon. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh .... The Right Hon. John Inglis, LL.D., Lord Justice General of Scotland.. Professor Christison, M.D., D.C.L., Pres. R.S.E. .... (The Earl of Chichester, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Sussex.. The Right Hon. the Duke of Richmond, K.G., P.C., D.C.L...... J. Prestwich, Esq., F.R.S., Pres. G.S. John C. Bowring, Esq. The Rev. R. Kirwan. OFFICERS OF SECTIONAL COMMITTEES PRESENT AT THE EDINBURGH MEETING. SECTION A.-MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS. President.-Professor P. G. Tait, F.R.S.E. Vice-Presidents.-Professor J. C. Adams, F.R.S.; Professor Cayley, F.R.S.; Rev. Professor Challis, F.R.S.; J. P. Gassiot, D.C.L., F.R.S.; Professor R. Grant, LL.D., F.R.S.; Dr. Joule, D.C.L., F.R.S.; Professor J. Clerk Maxwell, LL.D., F.R.S.; Professor W. J. M. Rankine, LL.D., F.R.S. L. and E.; Dr. Spottiswoode, F.R.S.; Rev. Professor Kelland, F.R.SS. L. and E.; Professor Stokes, D.C.L., F.R.S.; Professor Sylvester, LL.D., F.R.S. Secretaries.-Professor W. G. Adams, F.G.S.; J. T. Bottomley, M.A., F.C.S.; Professor W. K. Clifford, M.A.; Professor J. D. Everett, F.R.S.E.; Rev. R. Harley, F.R.S. SECTION B.-CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY, INCLUDING THEIR APPLICATIONS TO AGRICULTURE AND THE ARTS. President.-Professor T. Andrews, M.D., F.R.SS. L. and E. Vice-Presidents.-Professor Abel, F.R.S.; Professor Apjohn, F.R.S.; Professor Crum Brown, M.D., F.R.S.E.; Dr. Ronalds, F.R.S.E.; Professor H. E. Roscoe, F.R.S.; Dr. J. Stenhouse, F.R.S.; James Young, F.R.S.E. Secretaries.-J. Y. Buchanan, F.R.S.E.; W. N. Hartley; T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S.E. SECTION C.-GEOLOGY. President.-Professor Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., F.G.S. Vice-Presidents.-Dr. J. Bryce, F.R.S.E., F.G.S.; Thomas Davidson, F.R.S.; Sir Richard Griffith, Bart., F.R.S.; Professor Harkness, F.R.S.; D. Milne Home, F.R.S.E.; J. Carrick Moore, F.R.S.; William Pengelly, F.R.S.; J. Prestwich, F.R.S., Pres. G.S. Lond.; Professor J. Young, M.D. Secretaries.-R. Etheridge, F.R.S., F.G.S.; J. Geikie, F.R.S.E.; T. M'Kenny Hughes, M.A., F.G.S.; L. C. Miall. SECTION D.-BIOLOGY. President.-Professor Allen Thomson, M.D., F.R.SS. L. and E. Vice-Presidents.-Professor Wyville Thomson, F.R.S.; Professor W. Turner, M.B., F.R.S.E.; Professor Owen, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.; Professor Huxley, LL.D., F.R.S.; Dr. Beddoe; Dr. Hughes Bennett; Dr. Carpenter, LL.D., F.R.S.; Dr. Sharpey, F.R.S. Secretaries.-Dr. T. R. Fraser, F.R.S.E.; Dr. Arthur Gamgee, F.R.S.E.; E. Ray Lankester, B.A.; Professor Lawson, M.A.; H. T. Stainton, F.R.S.; C. Staniland Wake, Dir. A. I.; Dr. W. Rutherford, F.R.S.E.; Dr. Kelburne King. SECTION E.-GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY. President.-Colonel H. Yule, C.B., F.R.G.S. Vice-Presidents.-Sir Walter Elliot, K.C.S.I.; Sir Arthur Phayre, K.C.S.I.; Major-General Sir Andrew Waugh, F.R.S.; Dr. Rae, M.D.; Admiral Sir Edward Belcher, K.C.B.; Sir James Alexander, K.C.M.G. Secretaries.-Clements R. Markham, C.B., Sec. R.G.S.; A. Buchan, F.R.S.E.; J. H. Thomas, F.R.G.S.; A. Keith Johnston, F.R.G.S. SECTION F.-ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. President.-Lord Neaves. Secretaries.-J. G. Fitch, M.A.; James Meikle, F.I.A., F.S.S. SECTION G.--MECHANICAL SCIENCE. President.-Professor Fleeming Jenkin, C.E., F.R.S. Vice-Presidents.-J. F. Bateman, F.R.S.; Admiral Sir E. Belcher, K.C.B.; F. J. Bramwell, C.E.; Peter Le Neve Foster, M.A.; Professor W. J. Rankine, LL.D., F.R.S.; C. W. Siemens, D.C.L., F.R.S.; Thomos Stevenson, F.R.S.E.; Professor James Thomson, LL.D. Secretaries.-H. Bauerman, F.G.S.; Alexander Leslie, C.E.; J. P. Smith, C.E. Report of the Council for the Year 1870-71, presented to the General Committee at Edinburgh, on Wednesday, August 2nd, 1871. At each of their meetings during the past year the Council have as usual received a report from the General Treasurer, as well as one from the Kew Committee. A résumé of these Reports will be laid before the General Committee this day. The Council have had under their consideration the several resolutions, five in number, referred to them by the General Committee at Liverpool. They beg to report as follows upon the action they have taken in each case : First Resolution-" That the discontinuance of the maintenance of Kew Observatory by the British Association having been determined on, the President and Council be authorized to communicate with the President and Council of the Royal Society, and with the Government, so that the future use of the buildings may in 1872 be placed at the disposal of the Royal Society, in case the Royal Society should desire it, under the same conditions as those buildings are at present held by the British Association." A copy of this resolution was forwarded by direction of your Council to the President and Council of the Royal Society. The following is the reply which one of your General Secretaries has received from Dr. Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society : "The Royal Society, Burlington House, July 8, 1871. : "DEAR DR. HIRST,-In reply to your letter of the 10th December, 1870, enclosing a copy of a resolution of the General Committee of the British Association relative to the future occupation of the buildings at Kew now held by the British Association, I am directed to acquaint you that the President and Council of the Royal Society are ready to take possession of the Observatory at Kew on the terms it is at present held from Her Majesty's Government, as stated in a letter dated 26th March 1842, addressed to the President of the British Association from the Office of Woods, &c., viz. :'during the pleasure and upon the conditions usual on such occasions, that no walls shall be broken through, and no alterations made that can affect the stability of the building, and alter its external appearance, without the previous sanction of the Board of Works.' I have further to acquaint you that the President and Council have appointed a Standing Committee of Fellows of the Royal Society for the management of the Kew Observatory in accordance with the terms of the Gassiot Trust, consisting of the following gentlemen:- : Mr. Warren De La Rue. Mr. Francis Galton. Mr. Gassiot. Admiral Richards. Sir Edward Sabine. Colonel Smythe. Mr. Spottiswoode. Sir Charles Wheatstone. and that £600 from the income of the Gassiot Fund has been placed at the disposal of that Committee to meet the expenses of the establishment for the "I remain, yours very truly, ensuing year. (Signed) "W. SHARPEY, M.D., Secretary R. S." |