CXVIII REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



Beport of the Council, 1907-1 908 * 



I. The Council have adopted the following Resolutions : — 



(i) " The President and Council of the British Association desire to 

 express their profound regret at the death of Lord Kelvin, 

 O.M., G.C.V.O., D.C L., LL.D., F.R.S., &c., and to place on 

 record their sense of the great services he rendered to the 

 Association in important offices. They recall that h^ was 

 President of the Association in 1871 at Edinburgh, and was 

 Pi'esident of Section A on no fewer than five occasions. His 

 constant attendance at the Meetings and the leading part he 

 was in the habit of taking in the proceedings of Section A 

 will always be remembered. His loss, indeed, seems to be 

 irreparable. 



" The President and Council furthermore desire to express theii* 

 sympathy with Lady Kelvin and other members of the family 

 in their bereavement." 



(il) " The President and Council of the British Association desire to 

 express their deep regret at the death of Sir John Evans, 

 K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., and to record their high appre- 

 ciation of the services he rendered to the Association as a 

 member of the Council during a long period of years, as 

 President of the Association in 1897, and as a Sectional 

 President in 1878 and in 1890. 



" The President and Council furthermore desire to express their 

 sincere sympathy with Lady Evans and the family in their 



bereavement." 



(iii) " The President and Council of the British Association desire to 

 express tlieir deep regret at the death of the Earl of Rosse, 

 Chancellor of the University of Dublin, and to offer their 

 sincere sympathy with the Countess of Rosse and the family 

 in their bereavement." 



Sir David Gill, President, represented the Association at the Darwin- 

 Wallace Celebration on July 1 by the Linnean Society of London, 



Mr. Francis Darwin, F.R.S., President- Meet, will represent the 

 Association at the commemoration next year by the University of Cam- 

 bridge of the centenary of Charles Darwin's birth. 



II. Professor J. J. Thomson, F.R.S., has been unanimously nomi- 

 nated by the Council to fill the office of President of the Association 

 for 1909 (Winnipeg Meeting). 



III. The following Nominations are made by the Council : — 



(i) As an additional Vice-President of the Association for the 

 Dublin Meeting : Right Hon. Augustine Birrell, M.P. ; and 

 as Local Secretary, John Mulligan, in place of Charles E. 

 Martin, deceased. 



