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(ii) Professor H. A. Miers, F.R.S., Chairman, Professor Crenville 

 Cole, Vice- Chairman, and W. P. D. Sfcebbing, Secretary, of 

 the Conference of Delegates of Corresponding SociETtES 

 to be held at Dublin. 



(iii) Members of the Corresponding Societies Committee for the ensuing 

 year : Chairman, Mr. W. Whitaker ; Secretary, Mr. W. P. D, 

 Stebbing ; Rev. J. O. Bevan, Sir Edward Brabrook, Dr. J. G. 

 Garson, Principal E. H. Griffiths, Mr. T. V. Holmes, Mr. 

 J. Hopkinson, Professor R. Meldola, Dr. H. R. Mill, Mr. 

 F. W. Rudler, Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, 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 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, 1908. 



V. The following Resolution, referred to the Council by the General 

 Committee at Leicester, has been considered and acted upon : — 



From Sections L and H jointly. 

 " That, in view of the national importance of obtaining data on the 

 question of physical deterioration, this Association urges upon 

 the Government the pressing necessity of instituting, in con- 

 nection with the medical inspection of school children, a 

 system of periodic measurement which will provide definite 

 information on their physical condition and development." 



A Committee, consisting of Sir Edward Brabrook, Mr. Sidney Hart- 

 land, and Professor D. J. Cunningham, was appointed to report -on this 

 proposal ; and the following has been received and adopted by the 

 Council : — 



"Your Committee, appointed to consider and report on the joint 

 Resolution from Sections L and H at the Leicester Meeting, 

 report as follows : — 



" (i) The memorial referred to in the Resolution was presented to the 

 Board of Education ; and since then a Minute has been issued 

 by that Board recommending a system of anthropometric 

 observation of the children in Elementary Schools. 



" (ii) Your Committee consider that the Minute concedes as much as 

 the Board could reasonably be expected to have adopted as a 

 preliminary and experimental measure ; and that, therefore, 

 no further action on the part of the Council is at the present 

 time called for." 



VI. A Resolution, referred to the Council by the General Committee 

 at Leicester, has been received 



From the Conference of Delegates : — 



" That it is desirable (1) to obtain information as to the present 

 state of things in Britain in connection with Photo Survey 

 work ; (2) to publish instructions or give advice for the 



