REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. XXX1X 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1913-14. 
I. The Council have to record their profound sorrow at the death of 
Sir David Gill, F.R.S., ex-President, The following resolution was 
conveyed to Lady Gill by the President :— 
‘The Council deeply regret the death of their late distinguished 
President, Sir David Gill, whose personality was so widely 
appreciated, and whose work for Astronomy at the Cape 
Observatory elevated it to the first rank; and they empower 
the Officers to convey to Lady Gill and his family their 
profound sympathy. © 
Il. Prorzessor A. Scuuster, F.R.S., has been unanimously nomi- 
nated by the Council to fill the office of President of the Association 
for 1915-16 (Manchester Meeting), 
III. Carrp Funp.—(a) Resolutions referred by the General 
Committee to the Council for consideration and, if desirable, for action, 
were dealt with as follows :— 
(1) ‘ That the Council be asked to appoint a Committee to carry 
out the request of Sir J. K. Caird in his letter of 
September 10 (viz., that his further gift of £1,000 be ear- 
marked for the study of Radio-Activity as a branch of Geo- 
Physics).’ 
It was resolved to appoint the following Committee to carry out the 
above request: The President and General Officers, Sir E. Rutherford, 
Mr. F. Soddy, and Sir J. J, Thomson. The Committee was empowered 
to add to its number and to modify the condition attaching to the above 
gift, subject to the approval of Sir J. K. Caird. 
(2) ‘ That the request of Section A (Mathematics and Physics) 
for a grant from the Caird Fund of £500 for Radio-telegraphic 
investigations be sent to the Council for consideration and 
action.’ 
It was resolved that the above request be granted, and that the 
General Treasurer be empowered to pay the sum named to the Chairman 
of the Committee appointed to conduct the said investigations. 
(3) ‘ That a grant of £100 for the coming year be made to the 
Committee on the Naples Table from the Caird Fund, and 
that the Council! be requested to consider the advisability of 
endowing the Committee by a capital sum yielding an annual 
income of £100.’ 
It was resolved that a grant of £100 for the coming year be made 
to the Committee on the Naples Table from the Caird Fund, and that 
a grant of £100 be made annually in future to the Committee, subject 
to the adoption of its annual report. 
