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counties would work similarly at these subjects. He trusted also 

 that delegates would preserve any early meteorological records 

 which they might discover. 



Some other subjects were then discussed. Mr. De Ranee 

 mentioned the fact that two Committees of the British Association 

 of which for many years he had been Secretary — that on Coast 

 Erosion and that on the Circulation of Underground Waters — had 

 just completed their labours in consequence of the admirable way 

 in which their work had been taken up by the Corresponding 

 Societies. Captain Elwes hoped that local societies might be 

 induced to co-operate for the discovery of flint implements and 

 the formulation of results. He wished that they would make this 

 branch of investigation a more special feature than it was at 

 present. And Mr. Osmund W. Jeffs, Secretary of the Committee 

 for the Collection and Preservation of Geological Photographs, 

 stated that the photographs collected would be placed in the 

 Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, about 800 photo- 

 graphs having already been deposited there. As, however, a great 

 many parts of the British Isles were still unrepresented, it was 

 proposed that they should go on collecting, and he hoped that the 

 delegates would mention this fact to their respective societies. 



Second Confeeence. 



The principal subjects brought before the second Conference were 

 as follows : — Meteorological Photography, Seismological Observa- 

 tions, Geological Photographs, the Teaching of Geography in 

 Schools, Anthropometric Measurements in Schools, and the Ethno- 

 graphical Survey of the United Kingdom. 



Meteorological Photography. — Por information on the work of 

 this Committee reference should be made to our ' Transactions,' 

 Vol. VI, p. 162. It was stated at this Conference that the 

 Committee was then arranging to take synchronous photographs 

 of clouds in order to determine their altitude. The Committee 

 wished to receive photographs of lightning, rainbows, halos, etc. 



Seismological Observations. — The Earth-tremors Committee and 

 that for investigating the Seismological Phenomena of Japan have 

 been merged into one with the title of " Committee for Seismo- 

 logical Observations." Mr. White Wallis said that it was hoped 

 that Professor Milne, who was particularly clever in designing 

 inexpensive apparatus, might be able to produce suitable apparatus 

 for taking seismological observations at a small cost, which might 

 be widely distributed over the country and be largely used by 

 members of local scientific societies. Observations could be taken 

 in towns, for the instruments were practically unaffected by passing 

 vibrations from railway -trains, etc., tremors of short duration not 

 being represented on them. Darwin's bifilar pendulum was some- 

 what expensive ; Professor Milne accomplished the same result in 

 a much simpler way, at a total cost of from £20 to £25. 



Geological Photographs. — Since the work of this Committee was 

 brought before our Society (see 'Transactions,' Vol. VI, p. 136), 



