Minutes of a meeting of the British National Committee for Geology Present: Sir Kingsley Dunham, Chairman; Dr H W Ball; Dr D A Bassett; Professor W W Bishop; Professor W R Dearman; Mr N L Falcon; Dr C A Fothergill; Professor G Hibbers; Professor R A Howie; Mr N F Hughes; Dr A S Laughton; Mr J W Pallister; Professor F W Shotton; Professor J Sutton; Professor T S Westoll Matters discussed; 1. Minutes The minutes [NGL/27 (75)] of the meeting on 18 April 1975 were confirmed, 2. Membership 3. Matters arising 4. IUGS Dues 5. International Geological Congress 1976 5. IUGS 6. IGCP 6. Silurian System Subcommission 7. 7. Geological Map of the World Commission 8. Engineering Geology 9. Hydrogeology 10. History fo Geological Sciences 11. Quaternary Research 12. Palynology 13. Geodynamics 14. IAVCEI With reference to minute 14 of 18 April 1975, it was reported that the initial L.R/ Wager Prize had been awarded by IAVCEI jointly to Dr F Barberi (Pisa) and Dr J Varet (Orsay) at the XVI IUGG Assembly at Grenoble in August 1975. 15. European Geological Societies 16. Deep drilling 17. Atlas of the Indian Ocean Recommendations 5. International Geological Congress - that i. Professor Sutton be appointed the Royal Society delegate to the Council of the International Union of Geological Sciences meeting t Sydney, Australia during the XXV INternational Congress ii. Professor A Williams or, failing him, Professor H B Whittington be appointed the Royal Society delegate to the Council of the XXV International Geological Congress and their expenses to be met from the Grant-in-Aid for Delegates 1975-76. 7. Geological Map of the World That, in recognition of the great value of the work of the Commission for the Geological Map of he World, the future annual subscription by the Royal Society to the Commission be raised to U. S. dollars one thousand. 16. International Phase of Ocean Drilling That the following be nominated as Royal Society representatives on U.K. Co-ordinating Committee for the International Phase of Ocean Drilling. Dr A S LAughton (nominated lest his membership would not otherwise be assured) Dr D H Matthews (nominated despite the similarity of his expertise with that of Dr LAughton) Dr G P L Walker (nominated in recognition of major petrological and sedimentological output to be expected of IPOD) 12. Fifth International Palynology Conference That an invitation be issued, at eh Fourth International Palynology Conference (at Lucknow 15 December 1976 to 5 January 1977), for the Fifth Conference to be held in the United Kingdom (most probably at Cambridge) in 1980. 4 November 1975