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been published as one of the Museum " Handbooks." To this pamphlet the 

 members are referred at the present time. The Council will now content 

 itself by again recording its satisfaction at the settlement of this most 

 important question ; the establishment of the Museum on a permanent basis 

 and the selection of a Head-quarters for our Library and official work, 

 cannot fail to have a beneficial influence on the future progress of the Club. 



The Epping Forest Museum. — The Council has very great pleasure in 

 recording a most substantial progress at the Forest Museum. Referring to 

 the reports for 1897 ^^id 1898, in which the then state of the negociations 

 with the Corporation Committee were related, the Council has to announce 

 that at a meeting of the Common Council of the City of London held at the 

 Guildhall on April 27th, 1899, a Report from the Epping Forest Committee 

 recommending the repairs of the Queen Elizabeth's Lodge and the re-conver- 

 sion of the rooms on the first floor into one large room, was received and 

 adopted, and a sum of ;^500 was voted towards the expense of such repairs. 

 These repairs were carried out during the winter of 1899-igoo. 



The only other matter calling for notice on this occasion is recording the 

 satisfaction that the Council had in again recommending Mr. Howard for 

 election as President, so that the opening ceremony of the new Museum might 

 take place during his tenure of the ofHce. 



THE CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES COM- 

 MITTEE OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION, 

 BRADFORD, 1900. 



REPORT OF THE CLUB'S DELEGATE, PROF. E. B. 

 POULTON, F.R.S., F.L.S. 



[The first conference was held on September 6th, when Prof. Poulton 

 presided. The principal subject for discussion were some resolutions put 

 forward by the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, copies of which had been sent 

 by post to the corresponding Societies previous to the meeting. The draft 

 resolutions were as follows ; — 



"I. That the Conference of Delegates be allowed to meet on the first day 

 of the British Association Meeting, and make their own arrangements for 

 subsequent meetings and order of business. 



"2. That it is desirable, in order to make the discussions of the Confer- 

 ence of Delegates more useful to the local Societies, that they should have the 

 power of deciding the subjects for discussion at the meetings of the Confer- 

 ence, and it is suggested, therefore, that a circular be sent by the Committee 

 every year to each of the Corresponding Societies, asking them to send a list 

 of subjects for discussion (not more than two or three) at the forthcoming 

 meetings. The Committee then to send to the Corresponding Societies a 

 schedule containing the titles of all the subjects proposed for discussion, 

 asking each Society to mark such of these subjects as it deems most desirable 

 to discuss at the Conference meetings. On receipt of this information the 

 Conunittee will then arrange the list of subjects in order of precedence as 



