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indicated by the support given to each subject by the Societies ; and a copy 

 of this should be sent to the Delegates or Societies as an agenda paper before 

 the first meeting of the Delegates." 



In bringing forward these resolutions Mr. Harold Wager, representing 

 the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, which comprises a large number of local 

 Societies, said that the Union had called together a committee consisting of a 

 number of their more prominent members, and they had formulated the two 

 resolutions copies of which had been distributed. It was considered most 

 important that the representatives of the local Societies should, if possible, 

 themselves suggest the subjects for discussion. Much good work had been 

 done at these Conferences, but those whom he represented thought that if 

 direct suggestions from the local Societies were invited, the wants of the 

 Societies would be more advantageously considered than they had been in the 

 past, and that they would come into closer touch with each other. 



A very long discussion took place, which is fully reported in the Rdpoyts 

 of the Association, and the following are Prof. Poulton's remarks concerning 

 the same.— Ed.] 



I went to the first meeting of Delegates at Bradford fully 

 prepared to support the motion of the Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union, and quite thinking it reasonable that questions of local 

 Natural History Society organization and management were 

 more appropriate subject for the meeting of Delegates than the 

 consideration of papers which might be read in the Sections. It 

 soon appeared, however, that no suggestions of the kind for the 

 year igoo had ever reached the Organizing Committee. Only 

 one suggestion had been offered to the Committee and that they 

 had accepted. 



The general conclusion of the meeting was, therefore, that 

 no revolutionary measures were necessary until the regular 

 methods had been exhausted, and that the first thing to do was to 

 induce the local Societies through their secretaries to forward to 

 the Organizing Committee suggestions of subjects bearing on 

 management and organization. 



I was, unfortunately, obliged by the necessity for attendance 

 at another section, to be absent from the second meeting of 

 Delegates at which there was a paper by Prof. Miall on " Dew- 

 ponds," followed by an interesting discussion. 



In order to carry out my instructions at the first meeting, 

 I invite the Essex Field Club to discuss questions of organiza- 

 tion and decide upon special subjects for the Secretary to suggest 

 to the Organization Committee as suitable for the deliberations 

 of the Delegates at Glasgow. 



Edward B. Poulion. 

 Oxford. 



