REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. IxsXV 



lieport of the Council fvr the Year 1900-1901, presented to the General 

 Committee at Glasgoiv on Wednesday, September 11, 1901. 



In presenting their Annual Report the Council have, in the first place, 

 to inform the General Committee that they resolved that an Address 

 should be presented to the King on his accession to the Throne, and that 

 the following Address was presented by the President on behalf of the 

 Council : — 



To THE King's Most Excellent Majesty. 

 May it please Your Majesty, 



We, the President and Council of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, most respectfully desire to be permitted to 

 express to Your Majesty our deepest sympathy in the great loss which 

 Your Majesty and the Empire have sustained by the death of Her 

 Gracious Majesty Qvieen Victoria. 



The British Association will always bear in grateful remembrance 

 the fact that your illustrious Father, His Boyal Highness the Prince 

 Consort, to whose scientific knowledge and guidance the Nation owes so 

 much, was pleased to accept the office of President for the Meeting held 

 at Aberdeen in 1859. His Royal Highness then, as in so many other 

 ways, revealed his appreciation of the importance of the advancement of 

 science wliich has exerted so beneficial an influence throughout Her 

 Majesty's glorious reign. 



We confidently and fervently hope that the progress of science will 

 continue during the reign of Your Majesty to promote the prosperity of 

 your people throughout the Empire. 



We beg leave to be permitted to offer to Your Majesty the humble 

 expression of our sincere congratulation and loyal homage and devotion 

 on your succession to the throne of your Ancestors. 



Signed on behalf of the Council, 



W"m. Turner, President. 



To this Address the following gracious reply has been received : — 



Home Office, WhiteLiall, 

 March 11, 1901. 



Sir, — I am commanded by the King to convey to you His thanks 

 for the Loyal expressions of sympathy and devotion which have been 

 addressed to him by the President and Council of the British Associa- 

 tion. 



His Majesty is further deeply gratified by the tribute paid to the 

 memory and the influence of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort ; 



