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■REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



Report of the Council for the year 1887-88, ])rasented to the General 

 Committee at Bath, on Wednesday, September 5, 1888. 



The Council liave received reports during the past year from the 

 General Ti-easurer, and his account for the year will be laid before the 

 General Committee this day. 



Since the Meeting at Manchester the following have been elected 

 Corresponding Members of the Association : — 



Cleveland Abbe. 



Professor de Bary. 



Professor Bernthsen. 



His Excellency E. Bonghi. 



Professor Lewis Boss. 



Professor J. W. Bruhl. 



Professor G. Capellini. 



H. Caro. 



Professor J. B. Carnoy. 



F. W. Clarke. 



Professor E. Fittig. 



Dr. Anton Fritsch. 



Professor W. His. 



Fr. von Hefner-Alteneck. 



Professor C. Julin. 



Professor Krause. 



Professor A. Ladenburg. 



Professor J. W. Langlej-. 



Professor Count Solms von Laubach. 



Professor H. Le Chatelier. 



Professor A. Lieben. 



Professor G. Lippmann. 



Dr. Georg Lunge. 



Dr. Henry C. McCook. 



Dr. C. A. Martius. 



Professor D. Meudelccff. 



The Council have nominated tlie Venerable Archdeacon Browne a 

 Vice-Pi-esident of the meeting at Bath. 



Invitations for the year 1890 will be presented from Leeds and Cardiff, 

 and from Edinburgh for the year 1891. 



The following resolution was referred by the General Committee to 

 the Council for consideration, and action if desirable : — 



' That the Council be requested to take such action as they may think 

 most expedient in order to bring before the Signal Office of the United 

 States a statement of the high value which British metcoi'ologists attach 

 to the manuscript bibliography prepared by the Signal Office.' 



The Council, after consideration of the question, are of opinion that it 

 is inexpedient to take action in the matter. 



The Council, having considered a motion of Mr. TV. T. Thiselton- 

 Dyer calling attention to the present mode of appointing Committees, 



Professor N. Menschutkin. 



Professor Lothar Mej'er. 



Dr. Charles Sedgwick Minot. 



E. S. Morse. 



Professor Xoelting. 



Dr. Pauli. 



I'rofessor W. Prc3'er. 



N. Pringsheim. 



Professor G. Quincke. 



C. V. Eilev. 



M. Ic Jlarrjuis de Saporta. 



Ernest Solvay. 



Dr. Alfred Springer. 



Dr. T. M. Treub. 



Professor John Vilanova. 



I'rofessor H. F. "Weber. 



Professor L. 'A'eber. 



Professor jiugust Weismann. 



Professor E. Wiedersheim. 



I'rofessor G Wiedemann. 



Professor J. Wislicenus. 



Dr. Otto Witt. 



Dr. Ludwig H. Wolf. 



Professor C. A. Young. 



Professor F. Zirkel. 



