REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1933-34. 
PRESIDENCY, 1934. 
I.—The Association suffered a grievous loss in the death of its President, 
Sir William Hardy, F.R.S., on January 23. 
The Council adopted the following resolution :— 
That the Council deeply deplore the death of the President of the Associa- 
tion, Sir William Hardy, remember with gratitude his eminent services in 
the advancement of science, and record their sincere condolence with the 
members of his family in their bereavement. 
A letter was received from the Lord Provost of Aberdeen (Mr. Henry 
Alexander) expressing the regret of the Local General Committee for the 
Aberdeen Meeting. 
The Association was represented at the funeral of the late President 
by Prof. Lord Rutherford, F.R.S., ex-President, by» Prof. i: sjcMs 
Stratton, General Secretary, and by Mr. D. B. Gunn, ‘Town Clerk Depute 
of Aberdeen, on behalf of the Local General Committee. 
Sir William Bragg, O.M., K.B.E., F.R.S., occupied the Chair of the 
Council at the meetings in February and March. 
The Council resolved that one of the Evening Discourses at the Aberdeen 
Meeting should be announced as a Sir William Hardy Memorial Lecture. 
IIl.—On the nomination of the Council, Sir James Jeans, F.R.S., was 
appointed to succeed Sir William Hardy as President of the Association 
for the current year, at a meeting of the General Committee convened on 
March 2 by the Council under Statute IT, 3. 
OBITUARY. 
I1I.—The Council have had to deplore the loss by death of the following 
office-bearers and supporters :— 
Most Hon. the Marquis of Aber- Prof. A. B. Macallum, F.R.S. 
deen Prof. J. E. Marr, F.R.S. 
Dr. F.A.Bather,F.R.S.,amember Sir Ernest Moir, Bt. 
of the present Council Dr. Marion Newbigin 
Sir John H. Biles, F.R.S. The Hon. Lady Parsons 
Dr. Lilian Clarke Dr. W. Rosenhain, F.R.S. 
Prof. Sir Edgworth David, F.R.S. Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S., General 
Prof. J. Cossar Ewart, F.R.S. Secretary, 1900-03 
Prof. W. M. Hicks, F.R.S. Prof. J. Y. Simpson 
Prof. J. Joly, F.R.S. Prof. S. H. Vines, F.R.S. 
Sir Donald Macalister, K.C.B. Prof. R. Ramsay Wright 
The Association was represented at the funeral of Dr. Bather by 
Prof. P. G. H. Boswell, F.R.S., General Secretary, and at that of Dr. D. H. 
Scott by Prof. F. E. Weiss, F.R.S. 
