REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. xi 
From Section I. 
‘That in view of the fact that numerous deaths continue to take 
place from anesthetics administered by unregistered persons, 
the Committee of the Section of Physiology of the British 
Association appeals to the Council of the Association to repre- 
sent to the Home Office and to the Privy Council the urgent 
need of legislation to protect the public against such 
unnecessary risks.’ 
The Council appointed a Committee to consider and report upon 
the above resolution, and subsequently adopted the following resolution, 
which was transmitted to the Home Office :— 
“The Council of the British Association desire to urge upon 
His Majesty’s Government the necessity of introducing legis- 
lation on the subject of the administration of anesthetics, as 
recommended by the Departmental Committee of the Home 
Office, dated March 18, 1910, but with the addition to Recom- 
mendation (3) of a clause permitting administration by un- 
registered persons under the immediate supervision of a person 
duly qualified. The Council would point out that the recom- 
mendations of the General Medical Council are practically 
identical with those of the Departmental Committee, and that 
these recommendations have been approved by various 
academic and professional bodies, and also by the Council 
of this Association in 1910.’ 
VY. In connection with the Magnetic Re-survey of the British Isles, 
referred to in the Report of the Council for 1912-13, the Council 
agreed to the proposal of the Royal Society that a joint supervising 
committee of the Society and the Association be appointed, and the 
following members were appointed to represent the Association: Sir 
Oliver Lodge, Prof. J. Perry, Prof. H. H. Turner, Dr. ©. Chree, 
Dr. S. Chapman, Dr. F. W. Dyson, Dr. R. T. Glazebrook. 
The Council empowered the General Treasurer to pay from the 
Caird Fund a sum not exceeding £250 towards the cost of the Survey. 
VI. Ausrrauian Mrrtina.—(i) At their meeting in December 1913 
the Council were informed as to the limit of the total number of the 
oversea party which the Australian authorities had found it necessary 
to propose, having regard to the provision of suitable travelling 
facilities, &c., in Australia. The Council were also informed that by 
counting all doubtful or qualified intimations from members, and all 
applications for new membership, the limit above mentioned was 
already substantially exceeded. It was resolved (a) that there should 
be no more admissions to the oversea party, excepting any member 
whose attendance the Australian Committee or the General Officers (in 
consultation, if necessary, with representatives of any particular 
Section) might decide to be of special importance to the scientific 
work of the meeting; (b) that the General Secretaries should be 
empowered to desire members whose intimations were qualified by 
