Isxviii EEPOKT — 1892. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



Report of the Oouncil for the year 1891-92, presented to the General 

 Committee at Edinhurgh, on Wednesday, August 3, 1892. 



The Council have received reports from the General Treasurer during- 

 the past year, and his account from August 1, 1891 to June 30, 1892, 

 which has been audited, will be pi'esented to the General Committee. 



An invitation to hold the Annual Meeting of the Association at 

 Oxford in 1894 has been received, and will be brought before the General 

 Committee on Monday. 



Resolutions referred to the Council for consideration and action if 

 desirable : — 



(A) ' That Mr. 0. L. Tupf)er's paper on " Recent Progress in Indian Agriculture," 

 and Mr. W. C. Furnivall's paper on " Kecent Progress in Indian Railways," be 

 printed in ewienso.' 



The Council resolved that Mr. Tupper's paper should be printed in 

 full, and Mr. furnivall's in abstract. 



(B) ' That the General Committee meet on the Monday at 3.30 P.M., and the 

 Committee of Recommendations meet on the Tuesday at 3.30 P.M.' 



The Council recommend to the General Committee that their meeting 

 on Monday be held at 3.15 p.m., and that the meeting of the Committee 

 of Recommendations on Tuesday be held at .3.1.5 P.M. 



Resolutions referring to the Ordnance Survey, viz. : — 



(C) 1. 'That the publication of the one-inch and six-inch Ordnance Survey Maps 



is. in the interests of Science, urgently required at the earliest possible 

 date, no less than in the interests of Industry, Manufacture, and 

 Technical Education.' 



2. ' That steps be taken and provision made for keeping the Ordnance Maps 



up to date.' 



3. ' That the Maps should be made more accessible to the public, and should 



be sold at a lower price, as is the case in nearly all other official publica- 

 tions, such as Admiralty Charts, Blue-Books, etc' 



The Council have been informed that the President of the Board of 

 Agriculture has appointed a Departmental Committee to inquire into the 

 state of the Ordnance Survey, and as this Committee has not yet re- 

 ported, the Council have taken no further action in the matter. 



The following Resolutions, which were passed by the Australasian 

 Association for the Advancement of Science at the meeting held at 

 Christchurch, New Zealand, 1891, have been received by the Council : — 



