SESSION 1895-9G. xv 



a new circular has been sent out containing instructions as to 

 the best kind of camera to use and the best methods of using it. 

 Mr. A. S. Roid said tliat the Committee had at one time thought 

 of bringing the work to a conclusion, but had lately felt that it 

 would not be judicious to do so. Mr. Sowcrbutts said that 

 platinotype photographs were the best to send, as those printed 

 by the bromide pi-ocess often faded very rapidly, while platinotype 

 prints would not. Your Delegate said that there would always be 

 a reason for the existence of the Geological Photographs Committee, 

 one of its chief objects being to obtain photographs of temporary 

 sections. 



An interchange of geological photographs was advocated by 

 several delegates, and a discussion ensued on some practical 

 difficulties attending it, such as the burden likely to be laid on 

 the amateur photographer. Your Delegate suggested that arrange- 

 ments might be made at the Jormyn Street Museum for the photo- 

 graphs to be printed and distributed at a small fixed charge for 

 each size ; and Mr. Eeid inclined towards a plan brought under his 

 notice by Mr. Gray of Belfast. A photographer had there been 

 appointed who received the negatives taken by various members of 

 the local society and furnished as many copies as Avere desired at 

 a small charge, thus avoiding persecution of the amateur. 



The Teaching of Geography in Schools. — At this meeting of the 

 Association a Committee was appointed to consider and report on 

 the position of geography in the educational system of the country. 

 Mr. Sowerbutts referred to the difficulties at present thrown in the 

 way of pupils who wish to become teachers of geography, marks 

 gained in that subject not counting except in certain cases. It 

 was probable that the Corresponding Societies might be asked to 

 furnish certain information. The Kev. J. 0. Bevan, having had 

 a large experience of secondary schools, considered the statement 

 which had been made at a former Conference that geography was 

 absolutely ignored in secondary schools to be absolutely erroneous, 

 though it was not taught in every primary school except in con- 

 nection with reading. Your Delegate said that geography was 

 taught in nearly all the schools with which he was acquainted, and 

 was well taught in those of the Church Schools Company. 



Anthro2)ometric Measurements in Schools. — The Chairman, Dr. J. G. 

 Garson, said that many schools had been doing good work in 

 their own way, but unfortunately there had been no uniform 

 system, so that the results at one school could not be compared 

 with those at another. The Committee, after inquiring into the 

 various systems practised, had drawn up a scheme which he hoped 

 would prove acceptable to all the schools. It was of the highest 

 importance that some uniform system should be adopted. Professor 

 "Windle of Birmingham would be happy to send a schedule of the 

 various measurements required, and of the way in which they 

 should be made. Dr. Brett said that since the York meeting of 

 the British Association fifteen years ago it had been his custom as 

 a medical man to record the weight, height, colour of hair and 



