X1V 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1920-21. 
I. Professor Charles Scott Sherrington, Pres. R.§., has been 
unanimously nominated by the Council to fill the office of President of 
the Association for the year 1922-23 (Hull Meeting). 
II. A resolution from Section D, supported by other Sections, urging 
the need for a national expedition for the further exploration of the 
sea, was referred by the General Committee at the Cardiff Meeting to 
the Council for consideration, and, if desirable, for action. A memo- 
randum, printed as an appendix to this report, was drawn up by a 
Committee which (as stated therein) was appointed by the Council for 
the purpose. 
The Council, however, at its meeting on March 4, 1921, adopted 
a report from the General Officers recommending that no further action 
should be taken for the present, in view of the need for economy in 
national expenditure, in regard to the presentation of the above scheme 
to H.M. Government. The scheme, however, is retained under con- 
sideration, and the Council hopes that the expedition is only postponed 
for a season, and that the interval may be usefully employed in 
perfecting plans and making other essential preparations. 
Meanwhile, the memorandum has been communicated to the Cabinet 
Secretariat of H.M. Government, the Admiralty, and the Department 
of Scientific and Industrial Research. 
III. Other resolutions referred by the General Committee, at the 
Cardiff Meeting, to the Council for consideration and if desirable for 
action were dealt with as follows :— 
(a) An application to H.M. Stationery Office to print tables on 
Congruence Solutions, prepared by Lieut.-Col. A. Cunningham and 
Mr. T. G. Creak, was forwarded to the Department of Scientific and 
Industrial Research, which replied that the work could not be under- 
taken at present owing to the ah cost of printing, but suggested that 
the application should be renewed later. (Resolution of Section A.) 
(b) The need for a central British institute for training and research 
in surveying, hydrography, and geodesy has been brought to the notice 
of the Royal Commissions on the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. 
(Resolutions of Sections A and E.) 
(c) A resolution on the desirability of continuing experiments on 
industrial alcohol in Government establishments was forwarded to the 
Director of Fuel Research. (Resolution of Section B.) 
(d) The Council took note that the forecasting of the length of 
Research Committee reports was regarded as impossible in many cases 
by the Committee of Section C. Forecasts have not been requested 
this year, and alternative measures will be adopted in future. 
