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RESOLUTIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS. 



The following resolutions and recommendations were referred to the 

 Council by the General Committee at the Blackpool Meeting for con- 

 sideration and, if desirable, for action : 



From Section B {Chemistry). 



The members of Committee of Section B, in agreement with the views 

 expressed in their President's address regarding science and warfare, 

 request the General Committee to secure all possible publicity for the follow- 

 ing : (i) The extent to which Chemistry is applied for beneficent purposes 

 in connection with the industry of the British nation and the health of its 

 citizens, is enormously greater than the scope of its employment for purposes 

 of warfare. (2) Whilst the individual must remain free to determine his 

 own action in relation to national defence, chemists as a body view with 

 grave concern the increasing use of science for destructive ends. 



From Section C {Geology). 



The Committee of Section C desire to call the attention of Council to 

 the Report which has been drawn up for them on the Teaching of Geology 

 in Schools. Enquiries have shown that the subject is practically excluded 

 from all but a few schools. This is already producing a dearth of able 

 students at the universities, with a consequent narrowing of the basis of 

 recruitment for professional geologists, and it is likely to produce a decline 

 in the standard of research in this country. 



From Section C {Geology). 



The Committee of Section C draw the attention of Council to the report 

 of their research committee on climatic change, and request them to take 

 such steps as they think fit to implement the suggestions contained therein. 



From Section G {Engineering). 



The members of Section G desire to call the attention of the Association 

 to the manner in which applications of science to industry are impeded by 

 the present unsatisfactory legal procedure in connection with patent actions. 

 They recommend that a committee be established to collect information in 

 this matter and to frame possible improvements in procedure in technical 

 cases having particularly in mind improved means whereby issues can be 

 more expeditiously examined in the light of technical knowledge and sum- 

 marised for submission to the judge. 



From the Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies. 



Resolved : to request the Council of the British Association to bring to 

 the notice of the respective Councils for the Preservation of Rural England, 

 Scotland, and Wales the increasing menace to health and amenity, of rubbish 



