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{d) The Council recommended Miss W. S. Blackman to the Egyptian 

 and other authorities for assistance in her investigation of the culture 

 of the peasant population of modern Egypt. The Council regrets that 

 its preUminary endeavours have been without result. (Resolution 

 ■of Section H.) 



(e) In regard to resolutions of Sections E, H, and M relating to the 

 Eeport of the East African Commission (upon which the General 

 Committee itself took action), the Council learned with satisfaction from 

 H.M. Secretary of State for the Colonies that scientific research is 

 receiving attention and financial support in the territories of East Africa, 

 and that the Amani Institute is being revived. 



(/) The Council referred to the Ministry of Agriculture and the 

 Board of Education a resolution dealing with the facilities offered by 

 local scientific societies for supplementing the curriculum of schools in 

 matters bearing upon local geography, natural history, and antiquities, 

 and communicated their replies to the Corresponding Societies, recom- 

 mending individual consultation with local education authorities by 

 any societies which might find this desirable. (Resolution of the 

 Conference of Delegates.) 



ig) The Council has been in correspondence with interested parties 

 in relation to the spoliation of ancient monuments on Dartmoor for 

 road-metal. (Resolution of the Conference of Delegates.) 



(/() The Council has received and approved a report on regional survey 

 from the Corresponding Societies Committee, which has been communi- 

 cated to the Societies. (Resolution of the Conference of Delegates.) 



(i) The Council referred to the British Correlating Committee for 

 the Protection of Nature a resolution asking for inquiry into the 

 threatened extermination of many rarer British plants and animals. The 

 Committee asked that any information should be passed to it, and 

 Corresponding Societies have been notified accordingly. (Resolution 

 of the Conference of Delegates.) 



VII. The Council resolved that the list of papers bearing on zoology, 

 botany, and prehistoric archaeology published in connection with the 

 Report of the Corresponding Societies Committee should be discontinued 

 after the present year, as it was not found to be of sufficiently wide 

 use to justify the expenditure upon it. Mr. T. Sheppard received the 

 thanks of the Council for his unsparing work in the preparation of the 

 list. 



The Council proposes to omit from Rule XI., 3, reference to the pre- 

 paration of a list of papers published by the Corresponding Societies. 



VIII. The Council reported last year upon the discussion, for which 

 the Toronto Meeting afforded occasion, upon an international abstracting 

 service for biological sciences. Having learned from the Royal Society 

 during the present year that the American authorities had decided 

 not to propose any formal co-operation with the Society, the Council 

 conveyed to them its thanks for the opportunity which they had given 

 the Association of discussing the matter. 



IX. In regard to the question of the distribution of Government 

 scientific publications for review and of reprints to authors, which also 



