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particular areas which might be scheduled as national parks on grounds 

 of special scientific interest. (Resolution of the Conference of Delegates 

 of Corresponding Societies.) 



(j) It was stated in the Report for 1935, p. xxi, that the Council 

 brought to the notice of the Lord President of the Council and the 

 Minister of Agriculture the desirability of accelerating the revision of 

 large-scale maps of the Ordnance Survey. It was learned that the 

 Chartered Surveyors' Institution was taking similar action, and that 

 Institution was kept informed of the Council's action. It was under- 

 stood that the matter was receiving the attention of the Minister and 

 of H.M. Government. (Resolution of Section E, Geography, sup- 

 ported by other sections.) 



A request from the Chartered Surveyors' Institution, for support of 

 the proposals to be brought before the Ministry of Agriculture by 

 the Institution in favour of the revision of large-scale Ordnance Survey 

 maps, was considered, but it was resolved that, in view of the previous 

 action taken by the Council in this connection, no further action was 

 necessary. Subsequently the Departmental Committee on the Ordnance 

 Survey invited observations from the Association on certain aspects 

 of the revision, and the Council, with the generous help of Brigadier 

 H. S. L. Winterbotham, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., took measures to 

 obtain these from appropriate sources. 



Finance. 



VI. — The Council have received reports from the General Treasurer 

 throughout the year. His account has been audited and is presented to 

 the General Committee. 



The Council have received with regret the resignation of Prof. A. L. 

 Bowley as an hon. auditor, and have conveyed to him their thanks for 

 his services. 



VII. — A contributory superannuation scheme has been arranged on 

 behalf of members of the office staff other than the Secretary, for whom 

 such a scheme already exists. 



VIII. — The legacy of £500 received under the will of the late Sir Alfred 

 Ewing, K.C.B., F.R.S., past President, as stated in the Report, 1935, 

 p. xxi, has been invested. 



A donation of one hundred guineas was forwarded to the Association 

 by the Local Committee for the Norwich Meeting, 1935, out of the 

 surplus on the local fund. The thanks of the Council were conveyed 

 to the Committee, and it was resolved that the sum should be used to 

 meet grants to Committees dealing with subjects of special scientific 

 interest in East Anglia, such as pre-history, ornithology, etc., as and when 

 occasion should arise. 



A sum of £900 has been received (in successive payments of £500 and 

 £400) on account of the Herbert Spencer bequest. In respect of the first 

 payment, the Council adopted a proposal, supported by the Down House 

 Committee, that this sum (£500) should be earmarked to meet temporarily 



