xliv RESOLUTIONS: AND RECOMMENDATIONS 
RESOLUTIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS. 
The following resolutions and recommendations were referred to the 
Council by the General Committee at the Leicester Meeting for con- 
sideration and, if desirable, for action :— 
From the General Officers. 
That it be a recommendation to the General Committee to request the 
Council to consider by what means the Association, within the framework 
of its constitution, may assist towards a better adjustment between the 
advance of Science and social progress, with a view to further discussion 
at the Aberdeen Meeting. : 
From Section D (Zoology). 
That the Committee of Section D (Zoology) of the British Association 
regards with grave apprehension the continuing spread of the Musk Rat 
in the British Isles. . It has learned with satisfaction that steps are now 
being taken by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to deal with the 
pest, and it earnestly hopes that no effort will be spared to exterminate 
the species completely in this country. 
From Section E (Geography). 
(1) That the Council be asked to urge upon the proper authorities the 
desirability of including population maps in the Census returns. 
(2) That the Council be asked to draw the attention of His Majesty’s 
Government to the backward state of geodetic surveys in the British 
Colonies and Dependencies, and to point out to the Government that the 
lack of reliable surveys and maps greatly delays scientific and material 
progress. 
(3) That the Council be asked to approach His Majesty’s Government 
with a view to accelerating the revision of the large scale maps of the 
Ordnance Survey. 
From Section K (Botany). 
That in view of the value of the cricket-bat willow as a subsidiary farm 
crop, which can be grown satisfactorily by the small farmer as well as by 
the estate owner, the Government be asked to facilitate investigations of 
the diseases or pests causing ‘speck,’ ‘stain,’ and ‘ water-mark.’ 
From Section L (Educational Science). 
That 1,000 copies of each of the reports on Science in Adult Education 
and on General Science with special reference to Biology be reprinted 
and placed on sale at the price of sixpence per copy, and that free copies 
be distributed to the Press and to a selection of local education authorities 
and schools. 
The following recommendation was approved for immediate action :— 
From Section E (Geography). 
That copies of the printed report on the Position of Geography in 
Dominion Universities be circulated to the universities in the Dominions. 
