Ixxii KKPORT — 1891. 



Kesolutions referred to the Council for consideration and action if 

 desirable : — 



(A) ' That the Council consider and report whether grants should be made from 

 the funds of the Association for other than specific researches by specified 

 individuals.' 



The Council consider that grants should not be made to any single 

 institution, or in support of a single object, for many years in succession. 

 It must be distinctly understood that the aid given by the Association to 

 any particular scientific institution or investigator must necessarily be 

 limited and intermittent. 



The Council are of opinion that grants in aid of research should not 

 be made, except for specified subjects, and under snch circumstances that 

 satisfactory assurances can be given to the General Committee as to the 

 person or persons by whom the research is to be carried out. 



(B) ' That it is desirable that the question of publishing the papers more fully 

 and expeditiously, and of adding reports of discussions, be considered by the 

 Council.' 



The Council are informed that steps have been taken to insure a more 

 expeditious publication of the Annual Report. 



They do not recommend that papers should be published more fully ; 

 nor do they recommend that discussions should be published, excepting 

 in special cases when this is strongly advocated by Sectional Committees, 

 and approved of by the General Committee. They recommend that, in 

 every such case, an arrangement be made by the General Officers for the 

 l^roper editing of the discussion. 



(C) ' That in the arrangement of the Journal it is desirable, in the interests of 

 clearness and of ease of reference, to return to the old practice of printing first the 

 papers to be read in the various Sections, then the papers read on the previous day 

 in those Sections, and lastly the list of Sectional Officers and of the Committees.' 



The Council recommend that the papers to be read in the various 

 Sections be printed first, then the lists of the Committees, and lastly the 

 papers read on the previous day, and that each page should have a suit- 

 able heading. 



(D) ' That the Council be requested, if possible, to fix the date of each meeting 

 two years before it is held, and to bear in mind that the middle or latter part of 

 September is the time most convenient to many members of the Association. 



The Council considered that it is not practicable to fix the date of the 

 Annual Meeting two years before it is held. They recommend that infor- 

 mation be _ obtained at as early a date as possible as to the times which 

 are convenient to the town where a meeting is to be held, and that the 

 authorities in such town be informed that the last fortnight in September 

 is most generally convenient to academical and other important Sections 

 of the members of the Association. 



(E) ' That the hours at which the Sections and Committees meet be again con- 

 sidered by the Council.' 



The Council have requested the Organising Committees to propose to 

 the Council times for the meetings of their respective Committees and 

 Sections, and recommend that these proposals be adopted for the Cardiff 

 Meeting as an experimental measure. 



