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need of careful clinical observation controlled by physiological 

 experiments. 

 ' The Committee asks the Association to support such legislation 

 and inquiry.' 



It was resolved to appoint the following Committee to advise the 

 Council as to action : Sir Lauder Brunton, Prof. W. A. Herdman, 

 Sir W. Ramsay (President Elect), Prof. C. S. Sherrington, Dr. A. D. 

 Waller. On the Report of this Committee, the following letter was 

 forwarded to the Secretary of State for Home Affairs: — 



Sir, — As one of the main objects of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science is ' the removal of any disadvantage of a 

 public kind,' this Council desires to support the proposals for legislation 

 embodied in a Bill recently submitted to you by Dr. P. W. Hewitt, 

 which Bill, we are glad to observe, has received the approval of the 

 General Medical Council. We fully agree with the General Medical 

 Council that in the public interest it is important for the protection 

 of the public that legislation on the lines of this Bill should speedily 

 take effect. 



The Council of the British Association would further endorse the 

 recommendations of the Report of the Coroners' Committee on Deaths 

 under Anaesthetics, more particularly Recommendation 15 (asking for 

 the formation of a small Standing Committee to acquire further know- 

 ledge concerning anaesthetics and their administration). 



So fully, indeed, are we convinced of the necessity for further 

 scientific inquiry in the matter that a Committee of this Association 

 was formed three years ago for that purpose, and is still meeting and 

 annually reporting to us. 



Signed, on behalf of the Council, 



T. G. Bonney, 



President. 



X. Recommendations, received by the General Committee at 

 Sheffield and referred to the Council, were dealt with as under: — 



It was agreed that the following Committees be authorised to re- 

 ceive contributions from sources other than the Association: — 



' To conduct Explorations with a view to ascertaining the Age of 



Stone Circles.' (Section H.) 

 ' To aid investigators ... to carry on . . . work at the Zoological 



Station at Naples.' (Section D.) 



XL The following letter has been received': — 

 University of Manitoba. 



Winnipeg, Man., October 17th, 1910. 

 Dear Sir, — I am instructed to convey to you on behalf of the 

 Council of the University of Manitoba their hearty thanks for the 

 generous gift of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 

 of books to the Library of the University. Same was expressed by a 

 unanimous vote of the Council at its last meeting on the 6th inst. 



(Signed) W. J. Spence. 



The Secretary, British Association for the Advancement of Science. 



