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Libraries, Public Institutions, and persons who required copies for com- 
pleting sets, resolved that the Reports be not reprinted. 
(6) That the Council be requested to bring under the notice of the 
Admiralty the importance of securing systematic observations upon the 
Erosion of the Sea-coast of the United Kingdom, and that the co-opera- 
tion of the Coastguard might be profitably secured for this purpose. 
A Committee, consisting of the President, the President-Elect, the 
General Officers, Sir Archibald Geikie, Mr. Whitaker, Captain Creak, 
Mr. A. T. Walmisley, and Professor L. Vernon Harcourt, having been 
appointed to report on the above resolution, recommended that the Council 
inquire whether the Admiralty would be willing to arrange that observa- 
tions of a simple character on changes in the sea-coast be recorded and 
reported by the Coastguards. The Committee pointed out that if the 
Admiralty consented to carry out this proposal it would be necessary to 
appoint a committee for the purpose of drawing up a scheme of instruc- 
tions for the observers, making arrangements for starting the work, and 
subsequently examining from time to time such localities as may seem to 
require special attention. This recommendation having been adopted by 
the Council, the President was requested to approach the Admiralty upon 
the subject, and in response to his letter the following reply has been 
received from the Admiralty :— 
Admiralty, March 25, 1899. 
S1r,—In reply to your letter of the 15th instant, inquiring if instructions can be 
given to the Coastguard to watch and report any changes taking place round the 
shores of the British Islands, Iam commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the 
Admiralty to inform you that they see no objection to this proposal, as the required 
observations can be made by the men in the ordinary course of their duty. 
On the receipt, therefore, of the instructions referred to in your letter, their 
Lordships, if they concur in them, will cause them to be issued accordingly. 
Forms on which it is desired that the reports shall be made should also be drawn 
up for communication to the Coastguard. 
I am, sir, your obedient servant, 
EVAN MACGREGOR. 
The President of the British Association for the 
Advancement of Science. 
The following have been appointed a Committee to carry out the 
necessary arrangements as to the despatch of forms, the receiving and 
tabulating reports, and such inspection of coast erosion or upheaval as 
may from time to time appear desirable, viz. :—Sir Archibald Geikie, 
Captain Creak, Professor L. Vernon Harcourt, Mr. W. Whitaker, Mr, 
A. T. Walmisley, and the General Officers. 
(7) That the Council be requested to take into consideration whether 
any alterations in the hours of meeting of the Sectional Committees and 
of the General Committee on the first day of the Annual Meeting of the 
Association are desirable, and to report to the General Committee at the 
Dover Meeting. 
A Committee, consisting of the President, the President-Elect, the 
General Officers, Sir Douglas Galton, Mr. Francis Galton, Mr. A. G. Vernon 
Harcourt, Professor Bonney, Professor Riicker, Professor Oliver Lodge, 
Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, Professor Herdman, Professor Hudson Beare, 
and Dr. H. Forster Morley, was appointed to consider this resolution, and 
as a result of their inquiries the Council has resolved to recommend to the 
