KEPOJKT OF THE COUNCIL. CXX111 



VIII. A Besolution, referred to the Council by the General Com- 

 mittee at Sheffield, has been received 



From Section H : — 



' To recommend the Council to bring to the notice of His Majesty's 

 Secretary of State for the Colonies the defects of the present 

 administration of antiquities in Cyprus, and to urge the neces- 

 sity of prompt and efficient measures under a trained official 

 directly responsible to the island Government to prevent de- 

 struction and spoliation of ancient remains in the island. ' 



It was resolved to appoint the following Committee, to advise the 

 Council as to action, and to consider whether or not other bodies should 

 he invited to take part in representations on the matter : the President, 

 the General Officers, Dr. A. J. Evans, Dr. A. C. Haddon, Mr. E. 

 Sidney Hartland, Mr. D. G. Hogarth, Professor J. L. Myres. 



On the Report of this Committee, the Council resolved to proceed 

 by way of a deputation to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and 

 to invite the following Societies and Institutions to co-operate by nomi- 

 nating representatives to join the deputation. All did so, the repre- 

 sentatives nominated being as under: — 



Society of Antiquaries .... Sir A. J. Evans 



Royal Archaeological Institute 



Hellenic Society .... 



British School at Athens 



Royal Anthropological Institute . 



Sir H. Howorth 

 Prof. Ernest Gardner 

 Sir A. J. Evans 

 Dr. C. H. Bead 



The Council nominated the following to represent the Association, 

 in company with the President and General Officers : Dr. A. C. 

 Haddon, Mr. E. S. Hartland, Mr. D. G. Hogarth, Professor J. L. 

 Myres. 



The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Harcourt, received the deputation on 

 June 27 at the Colonial Office, when there were present the President, 

 Dr. Haddon, Mr. Hogarth, Professor Myres, Sir A. Evans, and Pro- 

 fessor Gardner. Mr. A. Smith of the British Museum also attended. 

 The deputation was introduced by the President, and its views were 

 laid before Mr. Harcourt by Mr. Hogarth, Sir A. Evans, and Professor 

 Gardner, and after some discussion had taken place, Mr. Harcourt 

 returned a sympathetic answer to the deputation. 



IX. A Besolution, referred to the Council by the General Com- 

 mittee at Sheffield, has been received 



From Section I: — 



' The Committee of Section I begs to call attention to the fact that 

 during the past year resolutions have been adopted by the 

 General Medical Council in support of early legislation to 

 secure better regulation of the administration of general 

 anaesthetics, and that the recent report of a Departmental 

 Committee of the Home Office has laid special stress upon the 



