Minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers Present at the meeting: Marquis of Northampton, President, i the chair; Mr Rennie; Dr Roget; Mr Christie; Colonel Sabine; Mr Brande; Mr Coooper; Mr Galloway; Captain Smyth; Colonel Sykes Read and confirmed minutes of the last meeting Mr Goodman On a new form of Voltaic battery. Archives Mr Sibson On the blow hole of the porpoise. To be printed in accordance with report of Committee Mr Johnson On a process of extracting Palladium form Gold. Postponed Mr Hennessy Researches on Physicl geology. Postponed Dr Lee On the Nerves of teh Uterus. Referred Mr Ronalds Description of a Photographic registering instrument. Referred Colonel Sabine On the lunat atmospheric tide at St Helena. Referred Colonel Sabine On the diurnal variation of the magnetic declinatin at St Helena. Referred Mr Glaisher On the amount of radiation of heat at night. Referred Sir F Pollock On certain properties of Prime Numbers. Referred Professor Jacobi On the absorption of the mixed gases. Referred Dr Hall On the effects of certain chemical agents on the nervous system. Referred Mr Hearn On discrepancies observed in the Cavendish apparatus. Referred 18 March 1847