Minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers Present at the meeting: Francis Baily Esq. Vice President and Treasurer in the chair; Dr Bostock; Mr Christie; Mr Daniell; Sir P Egerton; Mr Children; Mr Konig; Mr Pepys; Dr Roget; Dr Royle; Mr Wheatstone Read and confirmed minutes of last meeting Sir E Home Magnetical observations made in the West Indies [Caribbean] on the Coasts of Brazil and North America. Postponed Mr Bowring Proposal for a new method of determining the Longitude etc. Referred Reverend J B Reade An inquiry into a new theory of Earthy Bases of Vegetable Tissues. Referred Mr Bunt Description of a new Tide Gauge. Referred Captain Newbold On the Regar or Black Cotton Soil of India. Referred 29 March 1838