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REPORT ON THE CONFERENCE OF DELEGATES OF 

 CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES (BRITISH ASSOCI- 

 ATION) HELD AT HAVRE, 1914, BY INVITATION OF 

 THE ASSOCIATION FRANCAISE POUR L'AVANCE- 

 MENT DES SCIENCES. 



{Bead October 27th, 1914.) 



To the President and Council of the Quehett Microscopical 

 Club, London. 



As your Delegate I attended the Havre Congress of the 

 French Association, which began on Monday, July 27th. The 

 Opening Meeting was held in the Grand Theatre, where Monsieur 

 Armand Gautier, the President, welcomed the members and 

 delivered an address. On behalf of the English members 

 Sir William Ramsay addressed the meeting in French. In the 

 evening there was a reception by the Mayor and Corporation 

 in the Town Hall. On the Tuesday I attended a Conference 

 of the Delegates of Corresponding Societies in the Town Hall, 

 when Sir E. Brabrook read a discourse on behalf of the Chair- 

 man, Sir H. G. Fordham, who was absent, " On the History 

 of British Association Conferences of the Delegates," of which 

 it appears Mr. John Hopkinson was the founder. Mr. Hop- 

 kinson read a paper on "Local Natural History Societies and 

 their Publications," in which he advocates certain rules in 

 the publication of Transactions which would render them more 

 easily capable of being referred to and quoted by inquirers 

 or the bibliographer, and at the same time save expense in 

 making reprints for distribution by the authors. 



Sectional Meetings took place on the Tuesday and Wednesday, 

 although clouds were then gathering on the political horizon, and 

 some presidents of Sections did not appear. On the Thursday, 

 July 30th, the Congress went on an excursion by train and 

 boat up the River Seine as far as Rouen, visiting many historical 

 places of interest and some famous old and ruined cathedrals 

 and ancient Roman settlements, such as Lillebonne, Caudebec, 

 Jumieges, La Bouille, on the way. 



On the following day, Friday, more meetings of Sections w T ere 

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