XXVlll RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 



From Section H. 



That this Aseociation would urge upon the Government of Western Australia 

 the desirability of instituting forthwith an anthropological survey of the 

 aboriginal population now living under Government protection on Government 

 reservations, stations, and elsewhere in Western Australia, in order that a record 

 may be made of the physical measurements, languages, customs, and beliefs of 

 theee tribes, before this material, of great scientific importance, is lost by the 

 death of the older members of the tribes or impaired in value by contact with 

 civilisation. 



From Section H. 



That the attention of this Association havinig been called to the present 

 deplorable condition of the aboriginal population of Central Australia, it would 

 urge upon the Federal Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, the 

 Government of South Australia, and the Government of Western Australia the 

 necessity for (1) the declaration of an absolute reservation on some part of the 

 lands at present inhabited by these tribes, such as, for instance, the Musgrave, 

 Mann, and Tomkinson Ranges, upon which all may be located under State pro- 

 tection and siipervision ; and (2) the institution of a medical service for the 

 aborigines to check the ravages of tuberculosis and other diseases now rife 

 among them. 



From Section H. 



That in future years Associations for the Advancement of Science in the 

 Dominions and in Foreign Countries be invited to send official representatives to 

 attend the annual meetings of this Association. 



From Section H. 



Recommendations * in reference to printing of reports of Research Committees 

 1919-20 : 



(a) Archaeological Investigations in Malta : — That the Government of Malta 

 be asked to contribute £50 towards the cost of printing this report in the Journal 

 of the Royal Anthropological Institute on the condition that copies of the report 

 will be available for sale in the Island of Malta. 



(h) That Mr. Willoughby Gardner's report on the Excavations at Dinorben 

 in 1919-20 be printed, in abstract only, as an appendix to the report of the 

 Roman Sites Committee for 1919-20. 



From Sections H and L. 



That this Association, while viewing with approbation the recent regulation 

 of the Board of Education (Circular 1153, March 31, 1908), where anthropo- 

 metric observations may be included in the medical inspection of Continuation 

 Schools, would urge upon the Board the desirability of extending this provision 

 to all schools in receipt of Government grant for a limited period of, say, five 

 years, in order that, as a result of such a survey, standards of comparison may 

 be available in the future for the purpose of both medical inspection and 

 scientific investigation. 



From Section I. 



The Committee of Section I recommend to the General Committee of the 

 British Association that a separate Section of Psychology be formed. 



(The above Recommendation was supported by representatives of Section L, 

 and was approved by the General Committee subject to the approval of the 

 Council.) 



* These Recommeiidatiofis were sanctioned by the General Committee. 



