REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



Ixxvii 



The Council received an invitation from the University and Citizcus 

 of Padua to appoint a delegate to attend the celebration of the tliioo 

 hundredth anniversary of the appointment of Galileo to the Chair ot' 

 Mathematics in the University of Padua, and in accordance with tliis 

 request they appointed Mr. Ludwig Mond, F.R.S., to join in tUii* 

 celebration. 



The Report of the corresponding Societies Committee has been re- 

 ceived, and will be presented to the General Committee. 



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, Mr. W. Topley, Professor T. G. Bonney, Mr. T. V. 

 Holmes, Mr. E. B. Poulton, Mr. Cuthbert Peek, and the Rev. Canon 

 Tristram, is hereby nominated for reappointment by the General Com- 

 mittee. 



The Council nominate Dr. J. G. Garson, Chairman, Mr. G. J. Symons, 

 F.R.S., Vice-Chairman, and Mr. T. V. Holmes, P.G.S., Secretary, to the 

 Conference of Delegates of CorrespondiDg Societies to be held during 

 the Meeting at Nottingham. 



An Index to the Reports of the Association from 1831 to 1860 

 was published in 1864, of which copies are still to be obtained. Mr. 

 Griffith has for some time been engaged on the ai'duous task of preparing 

 an Index to the Reports from 1861 to 1890. 



The Council are glad to be able to announce that this new Index is 

 now in type, and will be on sale at a cost of 15s. within a few weeks. 



It is evident that the utility of the Annual Reports will be much 

 increased, now that their contents are made more readily accessible by 

 means of a good index. 



In accordance with the regulations the retiring Members of the- 

 Council will be — 



Sir M. B. Grant-Duflf. 

 Prof. G. F. FitzGerald. 

 Prof. Koberts-Austen. 



Prof. Schafer. 

 Prof. Schuster. 



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

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

 tinguished by an asterisk in the following list : — 



Meldola, Prof. R., F.R.S. 

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

 Ramsay, Prof. W., F.R.S. 

 Eeinold, Prof. A. W., F.R.S. 

 •Reynolds, Prof. J. Emerson, M.D., F.R.S. 

 Sidgwick, Prof. H., M.A. 

 Symons, G. J., Esq., F.R.S. 

 ♦Thomson, Prof. J. J., M.A., F.R.S. 

 Unwin, Prof. W. C, F.R.S. 

 Ward, Prof. Marshall, F.R.S. 

 Whitaker, W., Esq., F.R.S. 

 Woodward, Dr. H., F.R.S. 



Anderson, Dr. W., F.R.S. 



Ayrton, Prof. W. E., F.R.S. 



Baker, Sir B., K.C.M.G., F.R.S. 



Ball, Sir R. S., F.R.S. 



*Boys, Prof. C. Vernon, F.R.S. 



Edgeworth, Prof., M.A. 



Evans, Sir J., K.C.B., F.R.S. 



Glazebrook, R. T., Esq., F.R.S. 



Green, Prof. A. H., F.R.S. 



*Horsley, Prof. Victor, F.R.S. 



Liveing, Prof. G. D., F.R.S. 



Lodge, Prof. Oliver J., F.R.S. 



*Markham, Clements R., Esq., C.B , F.R.S. 



