Cxx REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 
The Board of Agriculture having approved of Colonel 8. C. Grant, of 
the Ordnance Survey Office, conferring with representatives of the 
Association and of the Royal Society on this matter, Sir David Gill and 
Major E. H. Hills were nominated to represent the Association. 
VI. A Resouution, referred to the Council by the General Com- 
mittee at Dublin, has been received 
From Section A':— 
‘That the Committee of Section A has received with interest 
information respecting the Meteorological and Astronomical 
Observatory at Bulawayo, and desires the Council to inform 
the Chartered Company of the importance, from the scien- 
tific point of view, attached to the continuance of the 
observations, and to express the hope that the Chartered 
Company will see their way to continue the financial 
support to the Observatory.’ 
The Assistant Secretary was instructed to forward the Resolution, 
with the approval of the Council, to the Board of Directors of the 
British South Africa Company. 
VII. A Resonvution, referred to the Council by the General Com- 
mittee at Dublin, has been received 
From Section D :— 
‘That the Council be requested to communicate a Resolution of 
Section D relating to Zoological Nomenclature to the Inter- 
national Commission on Nomenclature and to certain 
British scientific societies.’ 
On the motion of Professor Herdman, a Committe, consisting of 
Dr. 8. F. Harmer, Mr. G. A. Boulenger, Professor E. B. Poulton, 
Dr. W. E. Hoyle, Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, Dr. A. Smith Woodward, 
Mr. E. T. Newton, and the General Officers, was appointed to consider 
this Resolution and to report to the Council. The Committee reported 
as follows :— 
‘The Committee appointed to report on the Resolutions submitted 
by Section D to the Council wish to endorse the action of 
Section D. 
‘ They recommend that Resolutions (i), (ii), and (iii) be sent to the 
International Commission on Scientific Nomenclature and 
to the chief British zoological societies, accompanied by a 
reprint of the manifesto published in ‘‘ Nature,’’ and re- 
ferred to in Resolution (i). 
‘ The Committee wish to inform the Council that this reeommenda- 
tion was supported by Dr. S. F. Harmer, Dr. W. E. Hoyle, 
Mr. E. T. Newton, and Dr. A. Smith Woodward; and that 
Mr. T. R. R. Stebbing dissented from it.’ 
Tt was resolved: 
‘That the Council of the British Association desire to draw the 
attention of the International Commission on Zoological 
Nomenclature and the chief British zoological societies to 
