XXI 



SECOND MEETING. 



2 P.M., Wednesday, 12tj? January. 

 Professor Sir Baldwin Spencer, President, in the Chair. 



Greater Uniformity in the Eeports of Meetings. 



It was resolved that the arrangement of the matter in each Report 

 of the Association should more closely apjiroximate to uniformity 

 than is the case at present. With that object in view it was resolved — 



That a Committee consisting of the Local Secretaries and 

 General Treasurer, be appointed to consider the matter, and 

 report to the General Council at Wellington in 1923 ; the 

 Permanent Honorary Secretary (who is also Local Secretary for 

 New South Wales) to be convener. 



Lawrence Hargrave's Work on Aviation. 



The Permanent Honorary Secretary (on behalf of Mr. Henry 



Deane, who was temporarily absent) moved, and Mr. Cambage 



seconded, with the support of Professor Pollock, and it was carried : — 



That this Council puts on record its deep sense of the great 



value of the experimental work in aeronautics of the late Lawrence 



Hargrave, which has led to such remarkable results in the 



evolution of aviation, a branch of Science which proved of such 



immense importance during the recent great war. 



Places of Future Meetings. 



The following resolution was agreed to : — That meetings in New 

 South Wales, Victoria, or Tasmania shall alternate generally with 

 those in more remote States. 



Australian National Research Council. 



Professor Laby gave notice of the following motion, which was 

 read : — 



A. That with a view to the more effective organization of Science in AustraUa. 

 the A.A.A.S. appoint a committee to make inquiries and to rejjort on the following 

 matters : — 



(1) Whether it is desirable to form, by the federation of existing State 



sci^tific societies or otherwise, a societj' of Australian scientific 

 workers for the purposes of advancing scientific education, promoting 

 research, discussing and publishing the results of scientific investiga- 

 tion, recognising and encouraging distinguished scientific work. 



(2) Assuming that the formation of such scientific society is desirable, what 



should its constitution and functions be, and how should it be related 

 to societies such as the Institution of Engineers of Australia ? 



(3) What modification in the rules and methods of the A.A.A.S. is desirable 



in the light of the experience of the Association and of the British 

 A.A.S. ? 



