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in the spirit of the fifth and eighth reports of the 

 Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction and 

 the Advancement of Science ; and the Council 

 further urged upon the Government that, in the 

 selection of members of the proposed University 

 Commission, science should be duly represented. The 

 Government promised to give due consideration to 

 the representation of the British Association, and they 

 have increased the amount of the grant to the Royal 

 Society for aiding scientific investigation.' 



1870-71. In the following year the Association 

 turned its attention to elementary education, and the 

 Council, acting as a deputation, invited the Govern- 

 ment to include elementary natural science among 

 the subjects for which financial assistance was afforded. 

 The deputation secured a promise that its wishes 

 should be carried out c so far as circumstances would 

 permit.' A successful effort, also, was made to 

 procure for natural science a recognition, in the form 

 of marks allotted, which it did not previously possess 

 in the scheme for the entrance examination into the 

 new Indian Engineering College. 



1872-73. In connexion with a total eclipse of 

 the sun, the Council obtained from the Government 

 a grant towards the expenses of an expedition to 

 Ceylon, the services of a Government steamer, and 

 the co-operation of the Governor-General of India 

 and the Governor of Ceylon. 



The Association co-operated with the Royal 

 Society in securing the dispatch of the most important 

 and comprehensive oceanographical expedition ever 

 organised that on board the Chalknger (1872-76), 

 to which reference has been made elsewhere. 



An application to the Treasury for funds to 



