cx REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
Report of the Council, 1906-1907. 
T. The Council have expressed condolence with the widow of the late 
Sir MicuarL Foster, whose many and conspicuous services in all the 
offices of the Association were highly appreciated by his colleagues. 
TI. Mr. Francis Darwin, F.R.S., has been nominated by the Council 
to fill the office of President of the Association for the year 1908-1909. 
III. The following Nominations are made by the Council :— 
(i) Additional Vice-Presidents of the Association for the Meeting at 
Leicester: His Grace the Duke of Rutland, Lord-Lieutenant of Leicester- 
shire; Mr. Richard Dalgliesh, High Sheriff of Leicestershire ; the Right Hon. 
the Earl of Dysart; the Right Hon. the Earl Howe; the Right Rev. the Lord 
Bishop of Peterborough; the Right Rev. the Bishop of Leicester; Sir Oliver 
Lodge. 
Gi) Mr. H. J. Mackinder, Chairman, Rev. J. O. Bevan, Vice-Chairman, 
and Mr. F. W. Rudler, Secretary, of the Conference of Delegates of Corre- 
sponding Societies to be held at Leicester. 
(iii) Members of the Corresponding Societies Committee for the ensuing 
year: Mr. W. Whitaker, Chairman; Mr. F. W. Rudler, Secretary; Rev. J. O. 
Bevan, Sir Edward Brabrook, C.B., Dr. Horace T. Brown, Dr. J. G. Garson, 
Principal E. H. Griffiths, Mr. T. V. Holmes, Mr. J. Hopkinson, Professor R. 
Meldola, Dr. H. R. Mill, Mr. C. H. Read, Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, Professor 
W. W. Watts, and the President and General Officers of the Association. 
IV. A Report has been received from the Corresponding Societies 
Committee, together with the list of the CorresponDING Societies and 
the titles of the more important Papers, especially of those referring to local 
scientific investigations, published by the Societies during the year ending 
May 31, 1907. 
V. The following Resonurion has been considered by the Council 
and acted upon :— 
From Section A. 
That, in the opinion of the Committee of Section A, it is highly desirable 
that Sir William Hamilton’s Memoirs on Dynamies, on Systems of Rays, and 
other Memoirs on Pure and Applied Mathematics should be republished in 
accessible form; and that this Resolution, if approved by the Council, be com- 
municated to the Royal Irish Academy. 
A Sub-Committee of Section A is making inquiries for the purpose of 
promoting the object in view. 
VI. A Reso.uTion, in regard to the appointment of an Inspector of 
Ancient Monuments, has been considered by the Council :— 
From Section H. 
hat the Council of the British Association be asked to impress upon His 
Majesty’s Government the desirability of appointing an Inspector of Ancient 
Monuments, fully qualified to perform the duties of his office, with full powers 
under the Act, and with instructions to report periodically on his work with a 
view to publication. 
