EEPOET OF THE COUNCHi 

 FOR THE YEAR 1883. 



In presenting their Report, the Council congratulate the 

 Members on the continued prosperitj- of the Association. 



Lectures of a high character liave been delivered at the 

 ordinary Evening Meetings held on the first Tuesday of the 

 month, and the attendance of the Members has been good. 



For the Summer Excursion a visit to the Royal Mint was 

 arranged. Sixty Members and friends availed themselves of the 

 permission to see the operations there ; but as more than twice 

 that number appUed for tickets, some disappointment among those 

 who were unable to go, was unavoidable. 



The Sub-Committee which was formed for the purpose of 

 organising a systematic search for evidence of Pre-historic Man 

 in the Valley of the Ravensboume, has to report that the cuttings 

 and gravels in this district have been carefully examined by some 

 of the Members, but as yet without result. As there is every 

 prospect, however, that important excavations in the gravel-beds 

 of the neighbourhood wiU be made during the ensuing year, the 

 Coimcil recommend that this Sub-Committee be re-appointed, and 

 that the Members of the Association generally should bear the 

 subject in mind, and assist the Committee with information of 

 any projected disturbance of the soil, or of any discoveries 

 independently made, that may come to their knowledge. 



The question of whether and to what extent the British 

 Association might be made a connecting link between the niunerous 

 Scientific Societies scattered over the country, has been much 



