REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1937-38. 



Obituary. 



The Council have had to deplore the loss by death of the following 

 office-bearers and supporters : — 



Prof. W. A. Bone, F.R.S. 



Dr. G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S. 



Prof. E. W. Brown, F.R.S. 



Prof. H. B. Fantham 



Prof. L. N. G. Filon, F.R.S. 



Prof. A. Hutchinson, F.R.S. 



Prof. A. Lodge 



Prof. Magnus Maclean 



Prof. G. H. F. Nuttall, F.R.S. 



Mr. Hugh Ramage 

 Dr. A. B. Rendle, F.R.S.^ 

 Lady Robertson 



Prof, the Rt. Hon. Lord Ruther- 

 ford of Nelson, O.M., F.R.S.^ 

 Sir John Snell, G.B.E. 

 Miss Edith Stoney 

 Dr. A. E. H. Tutton, F.R.S. 

 Dr. W. W. Vaughan, M.V.O.i 



The Association was represented at Lord Rutherford's funeral by the 

 President, Sir Edward Poulton, F.R.S. (a pall-bearer). Sir James Jeans, 

 F.R.S., and Prof. A. Ferguson, General Secretary, and at the memorial 

 service in Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, by Prof. F. T. Brooks, 

 F.R.S., General Secretary, and Prof. F. J. M. Stratton. 



Dr. W. T. Caiman, F.R.S., represented the Association at the funeral 

 of Dr. A. B. Rendle, F.R.S. 



The President, the Rt. Hon. Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., and the Secretary, 

 Dr. O. J. R. Howarth, on behalf of the General Officers, represented the 

 Association at the memorial service for Dr. W. W. Vaughan, M.V.O. 



Representation. 



Representatives of the Association have been appointed as follows : — 



Meeting held at the House of Lords to dis- 

 cuss the desirability of nature reserves in 

 National Parks (by invitation of the 

 Society for the Promotion of Nature 

 Reserves) ..... 



Sub-committee of the International Seismo- 

 logical Association, dealing with the 

 Seismological Summary 



International Congress of Anthropology 

 and Ethnology, Copenhagen 



International Union of Chemistry, Rome . 



Dr. J. S. Huxley, 

 F.R.S., and Prof. E. 

 J. Salisbury, F.R.S. 



Dr. H. Jeffreys, F.R.S. 



Mr. H. J. E. Peake. 

 Dr. F.W. Aston, F.R.S. 



* See narrative of the Scientific Delegation in India, annexed to this report. 



