Minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers Present at the meeting: Sir Roderick Murchison in the chair; Mr Rennie; Mr Christie; Mr Bell; Mr Adams; Mr Bennett; Sir Benjamin Brodie; Dr Forbes; Mr Grove; Dr Mantell; Dr Miller; Mr Moseley; Mr Owen; Sir F Pollock; Colonel Reid; Dr Roget; Mr Wheatstone Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting Mr Bronwin On Linear Differential Equations. Referred Mr Henessy Researches in Physical Geology. Referred Mr Hargreave OnDifferential Equations. Postponed Mr Smythies On the universal law of Attraction. Archives Mr Joule On the Mechanical equivalent of heat. To be printed Mr Young On the Analysis of Numerical Equations. Postponed Mr Ward On Metals under the influence of the Magnetic Force. Archives Mr Thomson On a Magnetic Theory of Magnetism. Postponed Mr Brooke On the automatic Registration of Magnetometers. Postponed Mr Graham On the Diffusion of Liquids. To be printed Mr Stokes On the Theory of certain Bands seen in the Spectrum. Postponed 10 January 1850