REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1928-29. 



I. Presidency of the Association. — Professor F. 0. Bower, F.R.S., has 

 been unanimously nominated to fill tlie office of President of the Association 

 for the year 1930-31 (Bristol Meeting). 



II. Obituary. — The Council has had to deplore the loss by death of 

 the following office-bearers and supporters : — 



Sir Hugh K. Anderson. 



Mr. Douglas Berridge, till lately Recorder of Section L (Educational Science). 



Prof. R. A. Berry, who rendered valued service to Section M (Agriculture) as Local 

 Secretary at the recent Meeting in Glasgow. 



Prof. G. H. Bryan. 



Sir Horace Darwin. 



Sir William Boyd Dawkius. 



Sir George Fordham, who had accepted the presidency of the Conference of Delegates 

 of Corresponding Societies at Havre, July, 1929. 



Dr. J. W. L. Glaisher. 



Rev. Dr. H. B. Gray. 



Dr. Alex Hill. 



Prof. Mcaiah Hill. 



H.H. the Maharaj Rana of Jhalawar. 



Sir Alexander Kennedy. 



Sir Hercules Read. 



Sir Henry Rew. 



Mr. Mark L. Sykes, till lately a member of the Corresponding Societies Com- 

 mittee. 



Sir Bertram Windle. 



Prof. R. H. Yapp, whose ill-health prevented his occupation of the chair of 

 Section K (Botany) at the Glasgow Meeting. 



Prof. Allyn Young, wiio occupied the chair of Section F (Economics) at Glasgow. 



The Council conveyed to Sir Oliver Lodge an expression of condolence 

 on the death of Lady Lodge, and to the Australasian Association for the 

 Advancement of Science on the death of its President, Mr. Pv.. H. Cambage. 



III. Representation. — Representatives of the Association have been 

 appointed as follow : — 



Folldore Society (50th Anniversary) . Prof. J. L. Myres 



Gesellschaft Deutscher Natmforscher 



(Hamburg Meeting) .... Prof. G. Barger 



National Association for the Prevention of 

 , Tuberculosis (Meeting, 1928) . . Dr. J. G. Garson 



Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, 



Paris (Centenary Meeting) . . Dr. A. Loir (Havre) 



American Association for the Advancement 



of Science (New York Meeting) . . Prof. H. H. Turner 



King's College, London, Centenary Service 



of Thanksgiving, Westminster Abbey . Dr. F. E. Smith 



With reference to the attendance of Prof. H. H. Turner as the Associa- 

 tion's representative at the New York Meeting of the Anierican Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, the Council has been favoured by 



