xliv REPORT OP THE COUNCIL. 



EEPOET OF THE COUNCIL, 1915-16. 



I. The Council during the past year have had to deplore the death of 

 Sir A. W. PiucEER (ex-President, ex- General Treasurer, and a Trustee of 

 the Association), Sir Henry Hoscoe, Sir William Turner, and Sir 

 William Eamsay (ex-Presidents), and Sir J. K. Caird, a benefactor of 

 the Association. 



II. The Hon. Sir C. A. Parsons has been unanimously nominated 

 by the Council to fill the office of President of the Association for 1917-18 

 (Bournemouth Meeting). 



III. Eesolutions received by the General Committee at Manchester, 

 and referred to the Council for consideration and, if desirable, for action, 

 were dealt with as follows : — 



From Section A, 



' That the Council places upon record its high appreciation of the 

 assistance rendered to the investigation of the value of gravity 

 at sea by the directors of Messrs. Alfred Holt of Liverpool 

 during the voyage of the British Association to Australia in 

 1914. The Association is indebted to them for the generous 

 installation of a special refrigerating chamber for the purpose 

 of this research and for placing at the disposal of the 

 experimenter (Dr. Duffield) the whole of the resources of the 

 Blue Funnel steamship " Ascanius " : in this respect the help 

 of Captain Chrimes, Chief Engineer Douglas, and Eefrige- 

 rating Engineer Latham deserves particular mention. The 

 Association regrets that the outbreak of war prevented full 

 advantage being taken of the facilities so kindly made avail- 

 able by Messrs. Alfred Holt, but it is none the less grateful 

 for their valuable and whole-hearted co-operation. 



' That a copy of the above resolution be forwarded to Messrs. 

 Alfred Holt.' 



It was unanimously resolved that the above resolution be adopted and 

 that a copy be forwarded to Messrs. Alfred Holt. 



From Section B. 



' To recommend to the Council that the proceedings of Section B, 

 together with the reports of Eesearch Committees, including 

 any reports on special branches of chemical science, be 

 published separately from the annual volume of Eeports.' 



In the course of a general inquiry into the possibilities of economy 

 in printing at the present time, the Council decided that it would be 

 inexpedient under existing conditions to give effect to the above resolution. 



IV. A proposal for the constitution of a committee on organisation 

 in relation to problems arising out of the war was brought before the 

 Council. The following committee was appointed to consider and report 

 upon this proposal : — 



