REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1929^30. xxiii 



The Council, under power delegated to it by the General Committee, 

 appointed Prof. Stratton as Acting General Secretary on the retirement 

 of Dr. F. B. Smith in December last, and takes pleasure in nominating him 

 for confirmation in office. The Council has expressed its warm apprecia- 

 tion of the services of Dr. Smith. 



XVI. Council. — The retiring Ordinary Members of the Council are : — 

 Prof. J. H. Ashworth, Prof. C. Burt, Prof. W. E. Dalby, Sir John Flett, 

 Sir Percy Nunn. 



The Council nominates the following new members : Prof. H. Clay, 

 Prof. W. T. Gordon, Dr. C. W. Kimmins, leaving two vacancies to be 

 filled by the General Committee without nomination by the Council. 



The full list of nominations of Ordinary Members is as follows : — 



F. C. Bartlett. A. R. Hinks. 



Dr. F. A. Bather. Dr. C. W. Kimmins. 



Prof. A. L. Bowlev. Col. Sir H. G. Lyons. 



Prof. H. Clay. " C. G. T. Morison. 



Prof. C. Lovatt Evans. Prof. A. 0. Rankine. 



Sir Henry Fowler. Dr. C. Tate Regan. 



Prof. W. T. Gordon. Prof. A. C. Seward. 



Sir Richard Gregory. Dr. F. C. Shrubsall. 



Prof. Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan. Dr. N. V. Sidgwick. 



Dr. A. C. Haddon. Dr. G. C. Simpson. 



Sir Daniel Hall. Prof. J. F. Thorpe. 

 Sir James Henderson. 



XVII. General Committee. — The following has been admitted as a 

 member of the General Committee : Dr. A. Hopwood. 



Miscellanea. 



XVIII. The Royal Emfire Society generously afforded members of the 

 Association who had visited South Africa for the meeting in 1929 an 

 opportunity of reunion at one of the evening meetings of the Society, 

 when Lord Lloyd was in the chair, supported by Sir Thomas Holland, 

 and an address was delivered by Sir Richard Gregory. 



XIX. Corresponding Societies Committee. — The Corresponding Societies 

 Committee has been nominated as follows : The President of the Associa- 

 tion (Chairman ex-officio), Mr. T. Sheppard (Vice-Chairman), Dr. C. Tierney 

 (Secretary), The General Treasurer, the General Secretaries, Mr. C. 0. 

 Bartrum, Dr. F. A. Bather, Sir Richard Gregory, Sir David Prain, Sir 

 John Russell, Prof. W. M. Tattersall. 



XX. Civil Service. — The Council made a representation to H.M. 

 Government regretting the absence of representatives of science and 

 technology from the Royal Commission on the Civil Service, and through 

 a committee is watching the progress of events in this connection with a 

 view to further action if desirable. 



XXI. The British Association Rotating Coil for absolute measurement 

 of resistance was presented to the national collections at the Science 

 Museum. 



XXII. Assistant Secretary of the Association. — The Council has 

 appointed Mr. H. Wooldridge to this office for a probationary period 

 covering the Bristol and Centenary meetings. 



