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(b) A letter was addressed to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 
expressing the hope that no effort would be spared to exterminate the 
musk-rat completely in this country. A reply was received to the 
effect that the danger was fully appreciated, and that suitable measures 
were being taken. (Resolution of Section D, Zoology.) 
(c) After inquiry, no action was taken upon a recommendation that 
the inclusion of population maps in the Census returns should be 
urged upon the proper authorities. (Resolution of Section E, 
Geography.) 
(d) The attention of the Colonial Office was drawn to the backward 
state of geodetic surveys in the British colonies and dependencies, and 
a reply was received to the effect that the question was continually 
engaging the attention of the Secretary of State, and that the Council’s 
representation would not be overlooked, but that it was difficult for 
most of the dependencies to find funds for survey work outside 
ordinary revenue purposes. (Resolution of Section E, Geography.) 
(e) A communication on the desirability of accelerating the revision 
of the large-scale maps of the Ordnance Survey was addressed to the 
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. (Resolution of Section E, 
Geography.) 
(f) The attention of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries was 
drawn to the desirability of investigating diseases of the cricket-bat 
willow, and a reply was received to the effect that research into the 
diseases mentioned was already being carried on under the Forestry 
Commission, and that some work had also been done at Long Ashton 
Research Station. (Resolution of Section K, Botany.) 
(g) The separate issue of the reports on Science in Adult Education 
and on General Science with special reference to Biology was authorised 
as requested in the resolution of Section L (Educational Science). 
VI—In the Report of the Council for last year (Report, 1933, p. xx) 
it was stated that the Council had forwarded a resolution to H.M. Secretary 
of State for the Colonies, dealing with the archeological and geological 
interest of the Kendu-Homa area in Kenya. A reply was received to 
the effect that the Acting Governor of Kenya had taken steps to exclude 
the site in the Kendu-Homa area, on which archeological and geological 
discoveries had been made, from the area in respect of which application 
for exclusive mineral prospecting licences had been invited. 'The Council 
ordered an expression of their satisfaction to be conveyed to the 
authorities concerned. 
VII.—Correspondence on a proposal to establish a nature reserve in 
the Galapagos Islands was reported to the Council, and it was resolved 
that a communication be forwarded to the Carnegie Institution, expressing 
the hope that such proposal might be carried out, having regard especially 
to the fact that it was contemplated that the reserve should be established 
as a memorial to Charles Darwin. A reply was received from the 
Institution, expressing appreciation of the Council’s communication, and 
indicating that discussion was in progress with the authorities concerned. 
