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and correspondence passed between the General Secretaries and the War 

 Office Authorities. The authorities welcomed the suggestion, but sub- 

 sequently indicated that soldiers in camps would shortly be more fully 

 occupied with field-training, and it was decided to be useless to proceed 

 with the formation of a list of lecturers. The authorities were informed 

 accordingly, with an expression of regret that the matter had not been 

 taken up earlier, o\iing to the absence of the Officers of the Association 

 in Australia. 



VI. CaiPvD Fund : — 



The Council has made the following grants during the year, additional 

 to annual grants previously made ; — 



Committee on Gravity Observations at Sea (Section A) . £100 

 Mr. F. Sargent, Bristol University, in connection with his 



astronomical work £10 



Organising Committee of Section F, in connection with its 



enquiry into Outlets for Labour after the War . . £100 



VII. Conference of Delegates and Correspondino Societies 

 Committee : — 



(1) The following Nominations are made by the Council: — 



Confei-ence of Delegates. — Prof. Sir T. H. Holland (Chairman), Mr. W. 

 Whitaker (Vice-Chairman), Mr. W. Mark Webb (Secretary). 



Corresponding Societies Committee. — Mr. W. Wliitaker (Chairman), 

 Mr. W. Mark Webb (Secretary), Eev. J. 0. Bevan, Sir Edward Brabrook, 

 Sir H. G. Fordham, Dr. J. G. Garsou, Principal E. H. Griffiths, Dr. A. C. 

 Haddon, Mr. T. V. Holmes, Mr. J. Hopkinson, Mr. A. L. Lewis, Eev. 

 T. R. R. Stebbing, and the President and General Officers of the Associa- 

 tion. 



(2) The Council have resolved to propose to the General Committee 

 that the titles of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Conference of 

 Delegates be changed to President and Vice-President respectively, and 

 that these titles be substituted in Rule 4, cb. xi., and that of President 

 for Chairman in Rule 1, cli. iii. 



VIIL The Council have received rej)orts from the General Treasurer 

 during the past year. In consequence of the early removal of the books, 

 &c., from London to Australia, it was not possible to prepare the usual 

 annual accounts last year. These have now been audited and are pre- 

 sented to the General Committee together with the accounts for the 

 current year. 



IX. The retiring members of the Council are : — 



By seniority. — Major P. G. Craigie, Mr. A. D. Hall. 

 By least attendance- — Mr. Alfred Lodge, Major H. G. Lyons, Prof. R. 

 Meldola, 



