REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. IxxV 



All instruments, papers, drawings, and other property of the Association, are to 

 be deposited in the office, 22 Albemarle Street, London, when not employed in 

 carrying on scieiitKic inquiries for the Association,' 



and that they should be requested in each year, prior to the dissolution 

 of the Committee, to furnish a list of any apparatus which may have 

 been purchased out of the grant made b^^ the Association, distinguishing 

 the apparatus which in their opinion may continue to be useful for the 

 rceearch in question or for other scientific purposes. 



The following resolution was referred by the General Committee to 

 the Council for consideration and action if desirable : — 



' That the Council of the Association be requested to urge upon the Corporation 

 of Bath the desirability of laying bare a further portion of the unique Koman Baths 

 at that city, with a view to their permanent preservation ; and that the part already 

 laid bare should be protected from the weather.' 



The Council resolved that the views set forth in the resolution should 

 be embodied in a letter and forwarded to the Corporation of Bath, to- 

 gether with a cheque for the sum of lOOL, which the General Committee 

 had resolved to place at the disposal of the Baths Committee of the Bath 

 Corporation for the prosecution of their investigations. 



The following resolution was referred by the General Committee to 

 the Council for consideration and action if desirable : — 



' That the Council be requested to memorialise her Majesty's Government in 

 favour of establishing a permanent census sub-department, and taking the census of 

 the United Kingdom every five years.' 



The Council are of opinion that it is inexpedient to take action in the 

 matter. 



A request was made on behalf of the Committee of Section H that 

 the Council would communicate to the Canadian Government the fact 

 that the Association had granted 150Z. to a committee for investigating 

 the North -West em Tribes of the Dominion, and would express the 

 desirability of this grant being supplemented to an equal amount by 

 the Canadian Government. A letter was written to the Canadian 

 Government in accordance with the above request, asking them to con- 

 tribute a similar amount to that granted by the Association, and a letter 

 from the Secretary of the High Commissioner for Canada was subse- 

 quently received transmitting a copy of an Order in Council recommend- 

 ing that the application should be granted. 



Early in the present year Mr. Atchison, the Secretary, informed the 

 Council that his health had materially suffered during the past winter ; 

 that his medical advisers stated that it was imperative for him to spend 

 the next three winters in a warm climate ; and that, under those circum- 

 stances, he did not propose to offer himself for re-election at the next 

 meeting of the Association. The Council received this announcement with 

 great regret; but as there appeared to be no prospect of Mr. Atchison being 

 able to avoid this absence from England, they took into consideration the 

 duties of the office which he had held and the appointment of a successor. 



The Council resolved that it is desirable that the officer to be appointed 

 in Mr. Atchison's place, to act under the direction of the General Secre- 

 taries, should be named, as formerly, Assistant General Secretary, that 

 the salary should be fixed at 300/. a year, and that the expense of jour- 

 neys undertaken on behalf of the Association should be repaid. 



