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RESOLUTIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS. 
The following resolutions and recommendations were referred to the 
Council by the General Committee at the Norwich Meeting for con- 
sideration, and, if desirable, for action :— 
From the General Committee. 
That the Council be authorised to publish, either by printing in extenso 
in the Annual Report or otherwise, certain contributions to the discussion 
on the Galapagos Islands (Section D, Zoology). 
From Sections A (Mathematical and Physical Sciences), C (Geology), 
E (Geography), and G (Engineering). 
In view of the importance of co-operation with the Ministry of Health 
Committee on Inland Water Survey and with the joint Committee of the two 
Houses on Water Resources and Supplies, it is suggested that a Committee 
of the Council of the British Association be appointed with representatives 
from Sections A, C, E and G. 
From Sections A (Mathematical and Physical Sciences), and 
G (Engineering). 
(Recommendation for communication by the Council to the Ministry 
of Transport) : 
In connection with the demonstration given at the Aberdeen Meeting, 
a year ago, of effective silencers made for the engines of bicycles, the Associa- 
tion understands that the general problem of the noise of motor transport 
is still under consideration by a Committee appointed by the Minister of 
Transport, and that until that Committee reports, no information about 
its work or proposals can be communicated. 
While recognising that there are administrative difficulties in giving 
_ practical effect to the improvements which technically are possible, the 
Association expresses a hope that the Minister will make an arrangement 
whereby new motor vehicles may be type-tested to ensure that they comply 
with a certain standard of silence, even though that standard may initially 
be a very lenient one. 
In doing so the Association draws attention to the great popular desire 
for improvement and also to the great extent by which many vehicles do 
exceed any noise level which could reasonably be defended as scientifically 
or technically necessary. 
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From Section D (Zoology). 
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___ The Committee of Section D recommends to the Council that the British 
_ Association, in view of its connection with the memory of Charles Darwin, 
should take the initiative in summoning a Committee of British bodies 
interested in the preservation of the fauna of the Galapagos Islands to dis- 
cover what steps can be taken in co-operation with similar bodies in other 
countries, to assist in giving effect to the legislation of the Government of 
Ecuador in this matter. 
