MEETINGS OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL. XXvii. 



A letter from Mr. J. H. Young, of the Pharmaceutical Society Conference, 

 was received, recommending that a subsection of Section B for Pharmaceutical 

 Chemistry be formed. Agreed to. 



Section C. — Professor Liversidge said Section C had sent in a recommendation 

 which had been received after the last meeting of the Recommendation Committee, 

 but it was one that ought to be dealt with. The resolution was — " That the follow- 

 ing Research Committees be appointed, viz. : — (1) Australasian Glaciation, (2) Com- 

 mittee for Recording Structural Features in Australasia, (3) the Great Barrier 

 Reef, and (4) the Nomenclature of Eruptive Rocks ; and that the members of these 

 Research Committees, appointed at the last meeting, be reappointed. Approved. 



Section F. — Committee on Spelling of Native Names. — The Rev. Dr. George 

 Brown asked whether anything had been done with regard to the Research Com- 

 mittee on the uniform spelling of native names. They had taken much trouble 

 over the subject, and had prepared a report in which they gave the mode of spelling 

 adopted by the British Admiralty and the Council of the Royal Geographical 

 Society of Great Britain, as well as examples of the way in which the spelling of 

 some names should be altered. It was strange that their work should be entirely 

 ignored and nothing said about it. 



Professor Liversidge said he had no knowledge of the re])ort. It was sent 

 by Dr. Brown to the Dunedin meeting, and therefore would go to the local secre- 

 taries of the local committee in New Zealand to deal with. 



The Rev. Dr. Brown moved — " That the committee be reappointed, with 

 the addition of the name of Professor Stirling, of South Australia, the omission 

 of the names of Dr. Roth, of Queensland, and tlie late Captain Hutton, of New 

 Zealand, and that the committee have })ower to add to their number. Carried. 



Section E. — Professor Liversidge said a late recommendation had been received 

 from Section E as follows : — " That the council of this Association be requested 

 to urge upon the Federal Government the desirability of undertaking the scientific 

 examination of the Indian Ocean, between the meridians of (>0° and 150° E. longi- 

 tude, and from the Australian coastline or latitude 20° S. to latitude 50° S., with 

 the object of obtaining reliable data for long period weather forecasting." Agreed 

 to. 



Amendment of Rules. 



Professor Liversidge said that at the last meeting a resolution was agreed to 

 to amend Rule 4, and he now proposed it with a view to it being passed. The 

 amended rule was — "' Ladies and matriculated students of tlie local University 

 may be admitted as associates at a sub.scription of 10s. Associates arc admitted 

 to the general and sectional meetings, and to the evening entertainments. They 

 shall not be entitled to free copies of the Reports of the Association. Ladies may 

 become members on the same terms as gentlemen." Carried. 



Presidents of Sections. 

 Professor Liversidge moved — " That it be a recommendation to the committee* 

 of each of the Sections to select five or more gentlemen as possible Presidents for 

 their respective Sections, from which nominations can be made by the resjjective 

 local committees under Rule 25." Professor Rennie seconded. Mr. G. H. Knibbs 

 moved as an amendment that the word " five " be altered to " three." Mr. J. H. 

 Maiden seconded. The motion as amended was passed. 



The President Elect. 

 On the motion of Professor Bragg, Professor Baldwin-Spencer, M.A., F.R.S., 

 was elected as the next President of the Association. 



Votes of Thanks. 



The President proposed a vote of thanks to His Excellency the Governor, 

 the Patron of the Association, for the keen interest he had maintained in their 

 proceedings, and for the garden party at Government House. 



