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9. British Association Delegates: A large number of 

 members of the British Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, on their way to attend the AustraHan Meeting, touched 

 at Cape Town in the steamers Ascanius and Euripides during 

 July, 1914. In conjunction with the Royal Society of Souih 

 Africa, your Council did all that was possible, during the short 

 time of the visitors' stay in Cape Town, to entertain them 

 suitably. A cordial message of thanks and appreciation was 

 subsequentlv received by wireless telegraph from Professor H. 

 B. Dixon, on behalf of the British Association members. 



10. Legislation Regarding Meteorites : In your Coun- 

 cil's last Annual Report it was announced that the General 

 Secretary of the Association had been commissioned to lay 

 before the British and Australian Associations for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, during his visit to Australia last year, the 

 desirability of united action with a view to legislation relative 

 to the preservation of meteorites in the interests of science. In 

 due course Dr. Juritz secured the adoption of the following reso- 

 lution by the Committees of Sections A and C. of the British 

 Association, and subsequently by the Association's General Com- 

 mittee :* 



" That in view of the fact that meteorites which con- 

 vey information of world-wide importance, are sometimes 

 disposed of privately, in such a way as to deprive the public 

 of this information, the Council be requested to take such 

 steps as may initiate international legislation on the matter." 



On return to England the resolution transmitted by the 

 General Committee had been accepted by the Council, and trans- 

 mitted to the International Association of Academies. 



11. Presentation by Sir Thomas Muir: Your Council 

 had the gratification recently of accepting from Sir Thomas 

 Muir, Past President of the Association, the generous and 

 valuable gift of a complete set of volumes of Nature, beginning 

 with its first publication in 1870. The Council's sincere acknow- 

 ledgments were expressed to Sir Thomas Muir for so valuable 

 an addition to the Association's Library. 



12. Endowment Fund: Owing to the death of Mr. H. M. 

 Arderne and the resignation of the office of Trustee by Prof. 

 J. C. Beattie, to both of whom the Association is deeplv indebted 

 for their services, it devolved upon the Council to appoint two 

 new Trustees of the Endowment Fund. It is with much 

 pleasure that your Council is able to report that Mr. J. W. 

 Jagger, F.S.S., M.L.A., and Mr. W. Runciman, M.L.A., have 

 consented to accept office as Trustees along with Mr. A. D. R. 

 Tugwell, who still continues in office. 



* Vide Brii. Ass. /'teporl. Australia, (1914) p. Ixiv. 



