RESEARCH COMMITTEES. OXxx1X 
Communications ordered to be printed in extetis6. 
Anode Rays and their Spectra, by Dr. O. Reichenheim. 
_ On Threefold-emission Spectra of Solid Aromatic Compounds, by Dr. E. 
Goldstein. 
Some Properties of Light of very short Wave-lengths, by Professor T. Lyman. 
Report on Combustion, by Professor W. A. Bone. 
Discussion on Wheat (Joint Meeting, Sections B and K and Sub-Section K). 
_ The Development of Wheat Culture in North America, by Professor A. P. 
righam. 
Agricultural Development in North-West Canada, by Professor J. Mavor. 
The Engineering Works of the Panama Canal, by Colonel Goethals. 
Resolutions referred to the Council for consideration, and, if desirable, 
for action. 
From the General Committee. 
(i) That the Council be asked to consider the relationship of the Sections 
generally, and the possible desirability of a new subdivision and the incorporation 
of new subjects. 
(ii) That, in any revision of the organisation of the Association, full recog- 
nition be given to the importance of Agricultural Science. 
From Section H. 
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That the Council be recommended to represent to the Dominion Govern- 
ment :— 
1, That it is essential to scientific knowledge of the early history of Canada 
that full and accurate records should be obtained of the physical character, 
geographical distribution and migrations, languages, social and political institu- 
tions, native arts, industries, and economic systems of the aboriginal peoples of 
the country ; 
2. That scientific knowledge of the principles of native design and handicraft 
is an essential preliminary to any development of native industries such as has 
already been found practicable, especially in the United States, in Mexico, and 
in India, and that such knowledge has also proved to be of material assistance 
in the creation of national schools of design among the white population; 
3. That, in the rapid development of the country, the native population is 
inevitably losing its separate existence and characteristics ; 
4. That it is therefore ot urgent importance to initiate, without delay, 
systematic observations and records of native physical types, languages, beliefs, 
and customs, and to provide for the preservation of a complete collection of 
examples of native arts and industries in some central institution. and for public 
guardianship of prehistoric monuments such as village sites, burial grounds, 
mounds, and rock-carvings ; 
5: That the organisation necessary to secure these objects, and to render 
the results of these inquiries accessible to students and to the public, is such 
as might easily be provided in connection with the National Museum at Ottawa, 
which already includes many fine examples of aboriginal arts and manufactures, 
and might easily be made a centre for the scientific study of the physical types, 
languages, beliefs, and customs of the aboriginal peoples. 
II. 
To recommend the Council to urge the Dominion Government to include, in 
the schedules of the next Canadian Census, full inquiries as to precise place of 
origin, native language, previous status and occupation, year of immigration, 
and such other information as may be deemed of scientific value for the study 
of the effects of the Canadian environment upon immigrants of European origin. 
