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a hope that be ■will direct sucli stejDS to be taken as shall effectually pre- 

 vent further damage. 



(d) ' That the fJouncil be requested to consider whether a memorial 

 should be presented to Her Majesty's Government, urging them to 

 undertake and supervise Agricultural Experiments, and to procure 

 farther and more complete Agricultural Statistics.' 



The Council have considered the question, and are not prepared to 

 memorialise the Government on the subject. 



The question of the re-arrangement of the journal has been brought 

 before the Covincil by Mr. J. B. Martin, and after careful consideration 

 the Council are of opinion that it is unnecessary to print in each number 

 of the Journal the list of the jaapers read on the previous day ; also that 

 it would be well to jDlace the list of officers of each Section at the head of 

 the list of papers to be read in that Section. The Council wish to obtain 

 the sanction of the General Committee to these alterations. 



The Council, having considered a letter addressed to them by Mr. R. 

 H. Scott, are of opinion that it should be an instruction to the secretaries 

 of all committees, other than committees of Sections, to send notices of all 

 meetings to each member of a committee, and that the draft report of the 

 committee should first be sent in proof to each member, and then sub- 

 mitted to a meeting of the committee specially called for the purpose. 



The Corresponding Societies Committee, consisting of Mr. Francis 

 Galtou (Chaii-man), Professor A. W. Williamson, Sir Douglas Galton, 

 Professor Boyd Dawkins, Sir Eawson Rawson, Dr. J. G. Garson, Dr. J. 

 Evans, Mr. J. Hopkinson, Professor R. Meldola (Secretary), Mr. W. 

 Whitaker, Mr. G. J. Symons, and General Pitt-Rivers, having by an 

 oversight not been reappointed at Birmingham last year, the Council 

 have requested these gentlemen to continue the work of their Committee, 

 and now nominate them for re-election, with the addition of the names 

 of Mr. W. Topley, Mr. H. G. Fordham, and Mr. William White. The 

 report of the Corresponding Societies Committee is herewith submitted 

 to the General Committee. 



In accordance with the regulations the five retiring Members of the 

 Council will be : — • 



Mr. W. Pengellj^ 

 Sir E. Temple. 



Dr. De La Kue. 

 Sir F. J. Bramwell. 



Sir. J. C. Hawksliaw. 



The Council recommend the re-election of the other ordinary Members 

 of Council, with the addition of the gentlemen whose names are distin- 

 guished by an asterisk in the following list : — 



Abney, Capt. W. de W., F.R.S. 



Ball, Sir E. S., F.E.S. 



Barlow, W. H., Esq., C.E., F.E.S. 



Blanford, W. T., Esq., F.E.S. 



Crookes, W., Esq., F.R.S. 



Darwin, Prof. G. H., F.E.S. 



Dawkins, Prof. W. Boyd, F.R.S. 



Dewar, Prof. J., F.E.S. 



*Douglass, Sir James, F.E.S. 



Flower, Prof. W. H., C.B., F.E S. 



Gladstone, Dr. J. H., F.E.S. 



Godwin-Austen, Lieut.-Col. H. H., F.E.S. 



Henrici, Prof. O., F.R.S. 



Judd, Prof. J. W., F.E.S. 



Martin, J. B., Esq., F.S.S. 



M'Leod, Prof. H., F.E.S. 



Moselcj', Prof. H. N., F.E.S. 



Ommanuey, Admiral Sir E., C.B., F.E.S. 



Roberts-Austen, Prof. W. C, F.E.S. 



*Schuster, Prof., F.E.S. 



*Sidgwick, Prof. H. 



♦Schafer, Prof., F.E.S. 



Thiselton-D3'er, W. T., Esq., C.M.G. 



F.R.S. 

 Thorpe, Prof. T. E., F.R.S. 

 ♦Woodward, Dr. H., F.R.S. 



