REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



lvii 



In the course of the Autumn the Council received a communication 

 from the Town Council of Nottingham, to the effect that it would not be 

 convenient for them to receive the Association in 1879. 



The Mayor and Town Council of Sheffield have intimated to the 

 Council that they are desirous of receiving the Association in 1879; and 

 invitations from the Mayor and Town Council of Sheffield, and from the 

 Scientific Bodies in that town, will be laid before the General Committee 

 in due course. 



The invitation from Swansea for 1880, received last year, will be re- 

 newed on the present occasion ; and it will be in the recollection of the 

 General Committee that an invitation was received last year from York, 

 proposing that the fiftieth anniversary of the Association be held in that 

 city in 1881. 



In accordance with a recommendation made by the Committee of 

 Section D. at Plymouth, and adopted by the General Committee, the 

 "Rules for Zoological Nomenclature," drawn up in 1842 at the instance 

 of the Association, have been reprinted and published. 



The following men of science, who have attended meetings of the 

 Association, have been elected Corresponding Members : — 



Professor H. L. F. Helmholtz, 



Berlin. 

 Dr. H. Kronecker, Berlin. 

 M. Akin Karoly, Pesth. 



Dr. Lindeman, Bremen. 

 Professor Moissonet, Paris. 



The Council have nominated the Duke of Abercorn, K.G., and the 

 Earl of Enniskillen, F.R.S., as Vice-Presidents of the present Meeting ; 

 and they submit these nominations for confirmation by the General 

 Committee. 



The following are the names of the Members of Council for the past 

 year, who, in accordance with the regulations, are not eligible for re-elec- 

 tion this year, viz. : — 



Mr. De La Rue. 

 Professor Maxwell. 

 Professor H. J. S. Smith. 



Lord Houghton. 

 Colonel Grant. 



The Council recommend the re-election of the ordinary Members of 

 Council, with the addition of the gentlemen whose names are dis- 

 tinguished by an asterisk in the following list :- — 



Abel, F. A., Esq., F.R.S. 

 *Adams, Prof. W. G., F.R.S. 



Barlow, W. H., Esq., F.R.S. 



Bramwell, F. J., Esq., F.R.S. 



Cayley, Prof., F.R.S. 



Evans, J., Esq., F.R.S. 

 *Evans, Captain, F.R.S. 



Farr. Dr. W., F.R.S. 



Foster, Prof. G. C, F.R.S. 



Froude, W., Esq., F.R.S. 

 *Glaisher, J. W. L., Esq., F.R.S. 



Heywood, J., Esq., F.R.S. 



Huggins, W., Esq., F.R.S. 



*Lefevre, George Shaw, Esq., M.P. 



Maskelyne, Prof. N. S., F.R.S. 



Newton, Prof. A., F.R.S. 



Ommanney, Adm. Sir E., F.R.S. 



Pengelly, W., Esq., F.R.S. 



Prestwich, Prof. J., F.R.S. 

 *Rayleigh, Lord, F.R.S. 



Rolleston, Prof., F.R.S. 



Roscoe, Prof., F.R.S. 



Russell, Dr. W. J., F.R.S. 



Sanderson, Prof. J. B., F.R.S. 



Smyth, Warington W., Esq , 

 F.R.S. 



