REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1936-37. 



H.M. King George VI, Patron of the Association. 



I. — His Majesty The King has been graciously pleased to confer his 

 Patronage upon the Association. 



II. — The following Address has been forwarded to His Majesty : — 



To The King's Most Excellent Majesty. 



May it please Your Majesty, 



We, the President and Council of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, humbly submit to Your Majesty and to Her 

 Majesty The Queen our heartfelt good wishes on Your Accession. We 

 trust that Your Majesty's Reign may mark an era of peaceful progress, 

 shared by Your Majesty's peoples with mankind at large ; and that to 

 such progress Science may contribute its full share. To assure that end 

 will be the constant aim of the Association, inspired thereto by the 

 Patronage which Your Majesty has been graciously pleased to confer 

 upon it. 



III. — The President, Prof. Sir Edward Poulton, F.R.S., accepted an 

 invitation to represent the Association at the ceremony of Their Majesties' 

 Coronation in Westminster Abbey. 



Obituary. 



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

 ofBce-bearers and supporters : — 



Prof. H. E. Armstrong, F.R.S. Sir D. Orme Masson, F.R.S. 



Prof. A. W. Borthwick Hon. W. Pember Reeves 



Prof. E. B. Elliot, F.R.S. Mr. J. H. Reynolds 



Prof. G. Forbes, F.R.S. Rt. Hon. Lord Rothschild, F.R.S. 



Prof. D. F. Eraser-Harris Prof. Sir G. Elliot Smith. F.R.S. 



Sir Albert Kitson, C.M.G. Prof. W. J. Sollas, F.R.S. 



Prof. T. M. Lowry, F.R.S. Mr. W. Taylor, F.R.S. 



Dr. F. S. Macaulay, F.R.S. Dr. Max Weber 



Prof. J. A. MacWilliam Prof. Sydney Young, F.R.S. 



Representation. 



V. — Representatives of the Association have been appointed as 

 follows : — 



Coronation of Their Majesties The King 



and Queen, Westminster Abbey, May 12 Prof. Sir E. B. Poulton, 



F.R.S., President. 



