EVENING MEETINGS. XXVli 



Recommendation Committee. 



41. The Council at its first meeting in each year shall appoint a 

 Committee of Recommendations, to receive and consider tlie reports of 

 the Research Committees appointed at the last session, and the recom- 

 mendations from the Sectional Committees. The Recommendation 

 Committee shall also report to the Council, at a subsequent meeting, the 

 measures which they would advise to be adopted for the advancement of 

 science. 



42. All proposals for the appointment of Research Committees and 

 for grants of money must be sent in through the Recommendation Com- 

 mittee. 



Publication Committee. 



43. The Council shall each year elect a Publication Committee, which 

 shall receive the recommendation of the Sectional Committees with 

 regard to publication of papers, and decide finally upon the matter to be 

 printed in the volume of Transactions. 



Alteration of Eules. 



44. No alteration of the rules shall be made unless due notice of all 

 such additions or alterations shall have been given at one annual meeting, 

 and carried at a subsequent annual meeting of the Council. 



AFTERNOON MEETINGS. 



Thursday, 15th January, 1891. 



In the afternoon Sir James and Lady Hector received the members of 

 the Association and their friends in the grounds of Christ's College. A 

 very large number vv^ere present. 



Satui'day, 17th Jannary, 1891. 

 In the afternoon a large number of the members of the Association 

 and ladies were entertained by Mr. and IMrs. Leonard Harper at Ham. 



Tuesday, 20th January, 1891. 

 In the afternoon a number of the niembers and their friends were 

 entertained at a garden-party at Hambleden by the Bishop of Christ- 

 church and Mrs. Julius. 



EVENING MEETINGS. 

 Thursday, 15th January, 1891. 



There was a very large audience at the Provincial Council Chamber 

 when the President for the year was installed. The chair was occupied 

 by Baron von Mueller, the retiring President, who was supported on his 

 right by His Excellency the Earl of Onslow (Governor of New Zealand), 

 and on his left by Sir James Hector, the President-elect. 



Baron von Mueller said : Your Excellency, Sir James Hector^ 

 ladies and gentlemen, — For nearly sixty years, since the British Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science was "founded by Sir David Brewster, 

 it has been the rule that the elected President should be introduced by his 

 predecessor. This is the only reason why I have the privilege, to a small 

 extent, of sharing actively this evening in this inaugural meeting. And, 

 availing myself of the privilege to address you, I beg, in the first instance, 

 that we pay our homage to the noble representative of Her Majesty who- 



