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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. lxxxiik . 
The Council informed. the Corporation. of the McGill University that 
they were willing to advise the General Committee to accept the proposed 
changes, and they have asked for information as to the number of Prizes 
and Bronze Medals which would probably be awarded annually under the 
revised regulations. 
The following resolutions referred to the Council by the General 
Committee for consideration and action if desirable were dealt with as 
follows :— 
(1) That the Council be requested to consider whether it be desirable 
to take steps in order to bring the following resolution under the notice 
of H.M. Government and the Trustees of the British Museum :— 
‘That in view of the importance of preserving the remains of the 
various civilisations of this Empire which are fast disappearing, and in 
order to prevent the loss and dispersion of collections of ancient and 
modern Anthropology which may be offered to the nation, it is highly 
desirable to acquire less costly and far more extended storehouse space 
than can be provided in London.’ 
The Council appointed a Committee to report on this resolution, and 
were informed that, in accordance with the suggestion made by Mr. 
Charles Read, Keeper of Antiquities and Ethnography at the British 
Museum, and with the concurrence of Professor Flinders Petrie, the 
proposal to establish a Repository for preserving Anthropological or other 
objects will be again discussed at the Liverpool Meeting ; and that there- 
fore no further action need be taken by the Council at present. 
(2) That the Council be requested to bring before the Government the 
importance of securing for the National Collections the type collection of 
preparations of Fossil Plants left by the late Professor W. C. Williamson. 
This resolution was communicated by the President, Sir Douglas 
Galton, to the Trustees of the British Museum, and the Council have 
been informed that the Collection of Fossils has been purchased by them 
for the Musevm. 
(3) That it is desirable to reprint collections of the Addresses delivered 
by the Presidents of Sections in separate volumes for sale. 
The Council, having considered this proposal, resolved that no action 
be taken. 
(4) That the Council be requested to provide the Geological Survey 
Maps and Sections of the district in which the Association meets each 
year, to be placed in a conspicuous position in the Meeting Room of 
Section C. 
The Officers have been empowered to carry out this proposal. 
The Report of the Corresponding Societies Committee for the past 
year, consisting of the list of the Corresponding Societies and the titles 
of the more important papers, and especially those referring to Local 
Scientific Investigations, published by those Societies during the year 
ending June 1, 1896, has been received. 
The Corresponding Societies Committee, consisting of Mr. Francis 
Galton, Professor R. Meldola, Sir Douglas Galton, Sir Rawson Rawson, 
Dr. J. G. Garson, Sir J. Evans, Mr. J. Hopkinson, Mr. W. Whitaker, 
Mr. G. J. Symons, Professor T. G. Bonney, Mr. T. V. Holmes, Professor 
E. B. Poulton, Mr. Cuthbert Peek, and the Rev. Canon Tristram, is hereby 
nominated for reappointment by the General Committee. 
The Council nominate Dr. J. G. Garson, Chairman, and Mr. T. V. 
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