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d. The Council have the pleasure to forward another Report from the 

 vigilant Committee which asserts the interests of Science in Parliament. 

 By what means of a public nature the Progress of Science can be accelerated 

 and assured ; — the Benefits of Science applied and extended ; — the Position 

 of the Cultivators of Science amended; — these questions must strongly interest 

 the Association, which, at the outset, declared its purpose to strive for the 

 removal of all impediments of a public nature by which Science is retarded. 

 Recommending this Report of the Parliamentary Committee to the approba- 

 tion of the General Committee, and the important subjects which it opens 

 to the serious deliberation of the Members, the Council beg to express their 

 readiness to be instrumental in maturing and putting into action any mea- 

 sure which the Association may deem suitable, and in obtaining the coope- 

 ration of other scientific bodies to bring it to a good issue. 



e. The Council may congratulate the Association on the progress made 

 toward the fulfilment of the 7th Recommendation in the Report of their 

 Parliamentary Committee for 1854-5 — "That an appropriate building, in 

 some central situation in London, should be provided, at the expense of the 

 nation, in which the principal scientific societies maybe located together:" — 

 Burlington House is now devoted to the use of the Royal, Linnean, and 

 Chemical Societies — a result due in a great degree to the prudent and per- 

 severing efforts of the Royal Society. 



f The General Committee will learn with satisfaction that, according to 

 the Report of the General Treasurer, the Funds belonging to the Associa- 

 tion, and invested in the names of the Trustees, amount to £5000. The 

 Council suggest that it is desirable, for many reasons, to maintain a reserve 

 of this iiind, sufficient to meet unexpected contingencies, which may arise in 

 consequence of efforts for the advancement of science. 



g. The Council have added to the List of Corresponding Members the 

 following Foreign men of Science : — 



Dr. F. Cohn, Breslau. 

 Prof. E. Fremy, Paris. 

 Prof. A. Kdlliker, Wurzburg. 

 Prof. F. Lanza, Spoleto. 

 M. Morren, Liege. 

 M. E. Peligot, Paris. 

 Prof. Retzius, Stockholm. 



h. The Council have received Letters of Invitation to the Association to 

 hold its next Meeting in Dublin ; from 



The Board of Trinity College, Dublin; 



The Royal Dublin Society ; 



The Royal Irish Academy ; 



The King and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland; 



The Geological Society of Dublin ; 



The Lord Mayor and Municipal Council of Dublin. 



t. The Council has this day received Letters of Invitation to the Associa- 

 tion to hold its next Meeting in Manchester ; from 



The Manchester Geological Society ; 

 The Statistical Society of Manchester; 

 The Manchester Athenagum ; 

 The Town Clerk of Manchester. 



