Xvl REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1922-23. 
The Council made the following grants to research committees from 
the Caird Fund :— 
Seismology Committee oat ie or 6100 
Naples Table Committee Be a ne) bL00 
Bronze Implements Committee Ae dee 20) 
Tables of Constants Committee ae pale) teats 
The General Treasurer was authorised to apply any balance of Caird 
Fund income to meeting other grants made by the General Committee 
at Hull. 
The third grant of £250 trom the Caird Gift for research in radio- 
activity (for the year ending March 24, 1924) has been made to Professor 
F. Soddy. 
The British Association Exhibitions established in connection with 
the Hull Meeting were awarded to eighteen students nominated by the 
same number of universities and colleges, while six of these institutions 
made equivalent allowances for eight additional students. All were 
entertained by the Local Executive Committee at Hull, were enabled 
to meet the President and General Officers, and through an elected 
representative communicated to the Press their appreciation of the 
opportunity afforded to them of attending the Meeting. The Council 
have every hope of maintaining this system of exhibitions, which has 
already proved its value. F 
A small cost has been incurred for repairing the datum-level mark 
erected at Stogursey by the Association in 1837. 
X. The Council approved a number of resolutions from the Con- 
ference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies. (Report, Hull Meeting, 
p- XXxill.) 
A number of societies have been admitted to affiliation or association, 
including, at the instance of the Organising Committee of Section M 
(Agriculture), certain agricultural societies which have not previously 
been represented. 
Prof. H. H. Turner has been nominated as President, Prof. P. G. H. 
Boswell as Vice-President, and Miss E. Warhurst as Local Secretary of 
the Conference of Delegates at Liverpool. 
The Corresponding Societies Committee has been nominated as 
follows: The President of the Association (Chairman, ex officio), Mr. 
T. Sheppard (Vice-Chairman), the General Treasurer, the General Secre- 
taries, Dr. F. A. Bather, Mr. O. G. S. Crawford, Prof. P. F. Kendall, 
Mr. Mark L. Sykes, Dr. C. Tierney, Prof. W. W. Watts, Mr. W. 
Whitaker. 
XI. The retiring Ordinary Members of the Council are :— 
By seniority: Sir A. Strahan, Sir S. F. Harmer. 
By least attendance: Dr. E. F. Armstrong, Sir J. Petavel, 
Sir W. J. Pope. 
The Council nominated the following new members :— 
Prof. W. Dalby, Dr. J. S. Flett, Mr. C. T. Heycock, 
leaving two vacancies to be filled by the General Committee without 
nomination by the Council. 
