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tion, was considered, and several suggestions were made in regard 

 thereto. It was resolved that a Sir David Gill Memorial Fund be 

 instituted and allowed to accumulate for a number of years, until 

 an amount is raised adequate for some purpose to be decided on 

 later, and that the offer of Mr. R. T. A. Innes to act as Secretary 

 and Treasurer of the Fund be accepted. 



11. Standing Committee on Meteorological and Geo- 

 physical Research : The recommendation of Section A at the 

 last Annual Meeting, that a Standing Committee on Meteoro- 

 logical and Geophysical Research should be appointed was 

 approved by the Council, and the following Committee appointed : 

 Principal J. C. Beattie, Prof. A. Brown, Prof. J. P. Dalton, 

 Messrs. E. J. Hamlin, J. Hutcheon, S. S. Hough, R. T. A. Innes, 

 and F. E. Kanthack ; Professors W. H. Logeman. f. T. Morrison 

 and A. Ogg; Dr. A. W. Roberts, Mr. H. Pealing. Prof. W. N. 

 Roseveare, Dr. E. T. Stegmann, Messrs. J. S. van der Lingen, 

 and H. E. Wood; and also (subject to their joining the Associa- 

 tion) Messrs. C. Stewart, T. Stewart, Dr. J. R. Sutton, and Prof. 

 A. Young; Prof. Morrison to be Chairman, and Messrs. Hamlin 

 and Wood to be joint Secretaries. 



12. Subdivision of Section C: The recommendation of the 

 Committee of Section C that the Section should be divided has 

 been considered by the Council. Various proposals for carrying 

 this into effect were brought under review, but as these diverged 

 too widely to admit of reconciliation, it was resolved to accept 

 the original proposal of Section C Committee for adoption at the 

 Annual Session, viz. : ( i ) Botany, Bacteriology, Agriculture, and 

 Forestry; (2) Zoology. Physiology, Hygiene, and Sanitary 

 Science, the Committee appointed for that Session to be asked 

 to report thereat whether any modifications appear desirable. 



13. Central Committee of Industrial Research: Pro- 

 fessor J. Orr and Messrs .J. Burtt-Davy and R. T. A. Innes were 

 re-elected representatives of the Association on this Committee. 



14. Endowment Fund Trustees: Mr. A. D. R. Tugwell, 

 one of the trustees of the Endowment Fund, having died during 

 the year, the vacancy was filled by the appointment of Principal 

 J. C. Beattie, D.Sc, who has accepted the office. 



15. Loan of Publications in the Library to Members: 

 Requests having been received for the loan of publications in 

 the Library to members, the Council resolved to approve the 

 principle, and the following regulations regarding the same were 

 adopted : 



( i) A Member desirous of borrowing" books or journals shall forward 

 a deposit of £1. 



(2) The borrower shall paj- postage both ways, and in the case of 

 the loss of books or journals shall refund the value of the same. 



(3) Not more than three issues shall be held at one and the same 

 time 



(4) Books and journals may not be kept longer than one month, but 

 this period may be extended to two months if the application is renewed 

 at the end of the first month. 



