CXX REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



Council, in voting the Address, directed me to express the respectful 

 hope that His Majesty may be graciously pleased to follow his august 

 Father in the Patronage of the. Association. 

 I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your obedient Servant, 



(Signed) J. J. Thomson, 

 President of the British Association 



The following gracious reply was received: — 



Marlborough House, Pall Mall, S.YV . 

 Dear Sir, — I am commanded by the King to inform you that His 

 Majesty is graciously pleased to become Patron of the British Association 

 for the Advancement of Science. 



Yours faithfully, 

 (Signed) W. Carington, 



Keeper of His Majesty's Privy Purse. 



II. Sir William Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S., has been unanimously 

 nominated by the Council to fill the office of President of the Associai ion 

 for 1911 (Portsmouth Meeting). 



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

 Conference of Delegates. — Dr. Tempest Anderson (Chairman), 



Professor P. F. Kendall (Vice-Ghairman), Mr. YV. P. D. Stebbing 

 (Secretary). 



Corresponding Societies Com miller. — Mr. W. Whitaker (Chair- 

 man), Mr. W. P. D. Stebbing (Secretary), Rev. J. 0. Bevan, Sir 

 Edward Brabrook, Dr. J. C. Corson, Dr. E. H. Griffiths, Dr. A. C. 

 Haddon, Mr. T. V. Holmes, Mr. J. Hopkinson, Mr. A. L. Lewis, 

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



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 published by the Societies during 

 the year ending May 31, 1910. 



V. The following Resolutions were formulated by the General 

 Committee at Winnipeg and referred to the Council : — 



(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 recognition be given to the importance of Agricultural 

 Science. ' 



The Council resolved that a Committee be appointed, with the 

 following terms of reference: — 



To consider and report to the Council on the relationship of the 

 Sections generally, and the possible desirability of a new 

 subdivision and the incorporation of new subjects, and to 

 make recommendations on other matters arising therefrom, 

 the Committee being empowered to confer with Members 

 of the Association outside its own body, if necessary. 



