REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1935-36 xxxix 



XV. Corresponding Societies Committee. — The Council resolved to 

 inquire into the status of the Conference of Delegates of Corresponding 

 Societies, and appointed a committee to consider and report upon this. 

 The committee made the following recommendations, which the Council 

 adopted : — 



(1) An active liaison between the Association and the Conference by 

 the regular attendance of the General Officers at its meetings. 



(2) A policy of mutual co-operation between the Conference and the 

 Sections of the Association. 



(3) Additional representation of the Conference on the Committee of 

 Recommendations (i.e. by the President and one other member). 



(4) The Corresponding Societies Committee to consist of the President 

 and General Officers of the Association (as at present), together with not 

 more than six of the Delegates to be nominated at the annual conference, 

 one-third of whom (i.e. the delegate representatives) shall retire annually 

 and shall not be eligible for immediate re-election. 



It is assumed that the retiring President of the Conference would be 

 eligible to fill one of the delegate vacancies occurring on the Committee. 



Future Meetings. 



XVI. — It has been found desirable to determine the date of the Cam- 

 bridge Meeting (1938) as soon as possible, and, following correspond- 

 ence with the Vice-Chancellor of the University, the period of Wednesday, 

 August 17, to Wednesday, August 24, is recommended. 



The Council have received and gratefully acknowledged an invitation 

 from the Town Council of Swansea to meet at Swansea whenever the 

 Association so desires. 



The formal invitation of the Indian Science Congress Association 

 (accepted in principle by the General Committee in 1935) for the British 

 Association to send a party to hold a joint session in India in January 

 1938, when the Indian Science Congress Association would celebrate 

 its Silver Jubilee, was duly received and accepted by the Council under 

 authority of the General Committee. 



Miscellanea. 



XVII. Statutes. — The following discrepancy in the Statutes has been 

 brought to the notice of the Council : — 



Chap. XI, 3. The Delegates of Corresponding Societies . . . shall 

 constitute a Conference, of which the President and other officers shall 

 be appointed by the Council. 



Chap. 11,4. The General Committee shall . . . (x) Elect the officers 

 of the Conference of Delegates. 



Having regard to the fact that the Statute first quoted above is that 

 under which the appointments in question are made, it is recommended 

 that the line ' (x) Elect the officers of the Conference of Delegates ' be 

 deleted from the Statutes. 



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