XXXIV 



Section I. 



The Anthropometric Committee was re-appointed, to consist of the 

 following members : — Mr. Adamson, Major Alderson, Professor 

 Berry, Dr. Cumpston, Professor Sir Edgeworth David, Dr. Greig, 

 Dr. Halle Y, Sir Neville Howse, Mr. Knibbs, General J. G. Legge, 

 Professor Mackie, Dr. Purdy, Dr. Harvey Sutton, Dr. Mary Booth 

 (Secretary). 



In connexion with Dr. Jean Greig's paper, " The Problems of the 

 Special Child and the Special School," it was resolved : — 



That in view of the presence of feeble-minded in our midst, 

 and the economic cost to the community, it is desirable that the 

 Government be asked to establish farm colonies and. residential 

 homes for the accommodation of these cases, and that in the case 

 of New South Wales the proceeds of the Randwick Orphanage, 

 specially reserved for the care of the mentally deficient children, 

 be forthwith applied for the pur^iose. 



It was further resolved : — 



That medical inspection be extended so as to include all schools. 



On the joint recommendation of Sections I and G, a Committee 

 was appointed to investigate and report on Industrial Fatigue in 

 Australia. 



The following were appointed members of the Committee : — Mrs. 

 Osborne, Miss Hinder, Dr. Page, Dr. Cumpston, Dr. Purdy, 

 Professor Copeland, and Mr. H. Heaton as Secretary. 



Section K. 



The following resolutions were adopted :— 



1. That the Commonwealth Government be urged to provide 



funds for the encouragement of the cultivation of cotton 

 in such parts of the Commonwealth as are climatically 

 suitable for its production. 



2. That in response to the request of the President of the Agri- 



cultural Section of the International Congress of Meteorology, 

 a Committee be appointed to report on the climatic control 

 of Wheat production in Australia. 



The following were appointed members of the Committee : — Pi'ofessor 

 Griffith Taylor, Professor Perkins, Professor Watt, Mr. A. E. V. 

 Richardson, Mr. Sutton, and Mr. E. T. Quayle. 



