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the importance which it attaches to the development of the social 

 sciences, either by appointment of a third General Secretary or by 

 other appropriate means. 



On the report of this committee, it was resolved that the appointment 

 of a third General Secretary should not be recommended to the General 

 Committee, but effect has been given to the following recommendations, 

 with the collaboration of the Organising Sectional Committees :— 



That certain selected communications in the programme at the 

 Annual Meeting should be distinguished, by inclusion in a separate 

 group with a collective series-title or other appropriate means, as of 

 special bearing upon the relations between Science and the interests of 

 the community. Under this proposal : 



(a) An Organising Sectional Committee might request that any 

 discussion or individual paper might be included in this series. 



(b) A Sectional President might request that his address should 

 be included in this series. 



(c) It is submitted that the Council should arrange at least one of 

 the Evening Discourses with a view to inclusion in this series. 



The Committee believe that this procedure, without involving any 

 violent reform of the programmes, would provide the evidence which 

 public opinion demands that the Association does in fact discharge its 

 function of ' obtaining a more general interest for the objects -of 

 Science.' 



A further proposal made in the Council itself was that at least one 

 discussion in each annual programme should deal with the application 

 of science to social problems. 



The above arrangements have been put into force in connection with 

 the programme of the Blackpool Meeting. 



(/) The specification of the lower yield-point of mild and moderately 

 high tensile steel, recommended by Section G (Engineering), was 

 communicated to the British Standards Institution. 



(g) The recommendation of Section H (Anthropology) relating to 

 the preservation of certain caves in Derbyshire was forwarded to 

 H.M. Commissioner of Works, and it was understood that this question 

 would be submitted to the Ancient Monuments Board. 



(h) The Council for the Preservation of Rural England kindly 

 promised to take into consideration the desirability of preventing 

 hedge-cutting, etc., at such season as to interfere with nesting birds. 

 It was subsequently stated that the matter had been brought before the 

 County Councils Association, which, while sympathising with the objects 

 of the recommendation, did not consider it practicable to make any 

 proposal to County Councils, especially in view of the provisions of the 

 Corn Production Acts (Repeal) Act, 1921, regarding the destruction of 

 injurious weeds. The matter, however, was further mentioned at a 

 recent meeting of county surveyors in London. (Recommendation of 

 the Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies.) 



(i) The Council requested the Corresponding Societies Committee 

 and the appropriate Sectional Committees to specify, if possible, 



