RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. Hx 



Communications ordered to he printed in exteuso in the Annual Reiiort of 



the Association, 



That Professor A. Scliafarik's paper " On the visibility of the dark side of 

 Venus " be printed in extenso among the Eeports. 



That Mr. Mcldrum's paper " On a Periodicity of Cyclones and Eainfall iu 

 connexion with the Sun-spot Periodicity " be printed in extenso among the 

 Reports. 



That the Tables (extending to 3 or 4 pages) appended to Mr. Gwyn 

 JcfTreys's paper " On Mediterranean MoUusca " be printed in the Report. 



That Mr. Pengelly's paper, " The Plint and Chert Implements found in 

 Kent's Cavernj Torquay, Devonshire," read in the department of Anthro- 

 pology, be printed in extenso in the Annual Report. 



That Mr. Firth's paper " On the Coal-cutting Machine " and Mr. Gott's 

 paper (with the diagrams, on the understanding that the blocks be supplied) 

 " Oil the Bradford AVaterworks " be printed in extenso in the Annual Volume. 



Besolution referred to the Parliamentanj Committee. 



That the Memorial from the Council of tho Leeds Philosophical and 

 Literary Society to the General Committee of the British Association be 

 referred to the Parliamentary Committee. 



[Copy.] 



Memorial from the Council of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society to 

 the General Committee of the British Association. 



The Council of the Leeds Philoso^ihical and Literary Society desrie to 

 direct the attention of the General Committee of the British Association to a 

 question of legislation capable of affecting prejudicially a number of Societies 

 engaged in the promotion of science. 



Since the British Association recognizes as one of its functions the vigilant 

 observation through its Parliamentary Committee of current legislation affect- 

 ing the interests of science, your memorialists have much confidence in bring- 

 ing the subject before it. 



The Rating BiU introduced by Government during the last Session of Par- 

 liament, proposed to withdraw from Scientific aiid Literary Societies the ex- 

 emption from rating specially conferred upon tliem by an Act passed about 

 thirty years ago. 



The Institution which your memorialists represent, like many others, 

 would have suffered seriously in its capability of maintaining a large Public 

 Museum had this Bill become law. 



After the discussion of the question in Parliament, your memorialists are 

 convinced that no sufficient reason exists for thus abstracting from the funds 

 of Scientific and Literary Societies a sum of money which is important to 

 their efficiency, but too small to affect apprcciablj^ the question of the distri- 

 bution of taxation. So many exemptions of religious and educational insti- 

 tutions were admitted by the amended Bill, that it could lay no claim to 

 uniformity in its treatment of the subject of Rating. 



Your memorialists respectfully invite the attention of the General Com- 

 mittee of the British Association to this subject, Avith the view of maintain- 

 ing the present exemption, should further legislation be undertaken. 



Signed, 



By order of the Council of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, 



Thomas Wilson, 1 rr cv 

 Richard Reynolds, / ^'''- ^<^C'-<'to^'^«. 

 Sept. 9th, 1873. 



