RESOLUTIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS. 



The following resolutions and recommendations were referred to the 

 Council by the General Committee at the Nottingham Meeting for con- 

 sideration and, if desirable, for action : 



From Section A {Mathematical and Physical Sciences). 



That Section A, on the occasion of a visit to the grave of George Green, 

 the world-famous mathematician of Nottingham, viewed with some concern 

 the deterioration that is taking place in the tombstone, and would respect- 

 fully suggest that representations be made to the proper authorities to take 

 such steps as seem fit to maintain in good condition the resting-place of this 

 renowned man. 



From Section D {Zoology). 



That the Committee of Section D, having learned from the public press 

 that the buildings and collections of the Museum established at Tring by 

 the late Lord Rothschild have been bequeathed to the nation on condition 

 that the Trustees of the British Museum undertake their custody and 

 maintenance, desire to record their opinion that the continuance of the 

 Tring Museum as an active centre of scientific research is a matter of the 

 utmost importance from a national, and indeed from an international, point 

 of view. For many years the collections preserved there, more particularly 

 the vast and unequalled collection of Lepidoptera, have attracted research 

 workers from all over the world and have been the means of adding largely 

 to our understanding of the problems of geographical variation. The 

 Sectional Committee earnestly desire that the permanent conservation of 

 these collections and the continuance of the facilities for their study provided 

 by the munificence of the late Lord Rothschild will be ensured by their 

 being placed in the custody of the Trustees of the British Museum. 



The Committee request the Council of the British Association to bring 

 this expression of opinion to the notice of the Trustees of the British 

 Museum. 



From Section E {Geography). 



That the Sectional Committee of Section E learn with great regret of the 

 discontinuance by the Ordnance Survey of the fifth (relief) edition of the 

 one-inch map. This map marked an advance in the cartography of the 

 country in that it gave, for the first time, invaluable data for the study of 

 land forms. Much geographical work has been done in those areas for 

 which sheets have been published, and the Committee view with grave 

 concern the prospect of having to abandon work in other areas, or to 

 postpone it indefinitely, in consequence of the suspension of this edition. 



Further, the Committee feel that the issue of special relief printings 

 without names and other detail, which was initiated with this edition, 

 provided for the first time an adequate base map for studies in land forms 

 and regional geography ; and it would urge that, whether the fifth (reUef) 

 edition be proceeded with or not, sheets showing relief and water features 

 only in the style of the fifth (relief) edition should be available. 



