RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. XXVU 



From Section E. 



That this meeting of Section E of the British Association, being convinced 

 by the results already obtained of the value as an educational instrument and 

 as a work of national importance of the scheme recently initiated by the Welsh 

 Department of the Board of Education for the collection of Rural Lore and 

 Regional Survey material through the medium of the elementary and secondary 

 schools and colleges, heartily approves the same, and expresses the earnest hope 

 that the scheme may be widely taken up throughout the country. 



From Section H {see preceding Resolution). 



That the Committee of Section H, Cardiff, August 1920, views with interest 

 and appreciation the scheme of the Welsh Department of the Board of Educa- 

 tion for the collection of Rural Lore through the ag«ncy of the schools, and hopes 

 that stepe may be taken to apply the scheme, mutatis mutandis, to other parts 

 of Great Britain. 



From SeiiCtion E. 



That the Committee of Section E (Geography) of the British Association for 

 the Advancement of Science begs leave to ask the President of the Board of 

 Education to give schools permission to include geography as a subject on a 

 level with the other subjects in advanced courses of suitable type in mathematics 

 and science, in classics, and in modern studies. 



From S action E. 



The Committee of Section E of the British Association meeting at Cardiff 

 (1920) expresses its appreciation of the opportunity of co-operation in the work 

 of the National Committee on Geographical Research afforded by the Royal 

 Society, but it begs leave to suggest that the purpose might be served more fully 

 if the Section were permitted to nominate a representative for a period of two 

 or three years in place of the nomination of the President of the Section who 



retires annually. j i j xu * 



The Committee begs to suggest, if their recommendation be adopted, that 

 Prof. J. L. Myres be nominated as their representative. 



From Section H. 



That the following Committees be authorised to obtain financial assistance 

 from eouroes other than the Association * : 



(a) Archaeological Investigations in Malta. 



(b) Bronze J^ Implements. 



(c) Palaeolithic Site in Jersey. 



(d) Rude Stone Monuments. 



From Section H. 



That this Association urges iipon the Government of the Union of South 

 Africa the desirability of instituting an Ethnological Bureau for the purpose 

 of studyino- the racial characteristics, languages, institutions, and beliefs of the 

 native population of South Africa, in order that any attempt which may be made 

 to bring this population into closer touch -with the course of social and economic 

 development in South Africa may be based upon a scientific knowledge and an 

 understanding of its psychology, mode of life, and institutions. 



* This Recommendation was sanctioned by the General Committee. 



