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where tea had been provided for 100 guests through the kindness of 

 Alderman and Mrs. Griffiths ; the other, under the guidance of Mr. 

 F. Harrison, a stroll round "Old Brighton," when Dr. Martin gave 

 an account of the " Old Ship Hotel." 



I arrived as one of your delegates on the Wednesday evening, my 

 co-delegate, Mr. H. J. Turner, being unable to be present until 

 Saturday. In the evening, the ex-President, Dr. Chalmers Mitchell, 

 F.R.S., occupied the chair, and was supported by the Mayor, 

 Alderman Otter, J.P, The address of the President, Dr. J. S. 

 Haldane, M.A., L.L.D., F.R.S., was given in the Permanent Art 

 Gallery. Unfortunately Dr. Haldane was unable to be present, 

 being detained in London by Government business, and the 

 Chairman called upon the Secretary, Dr. Martin, to read it. The 

 subject was, " The place of Biology in Human knowledge and 

 endeavour," and having referred to the greatest war the world has 

 ever seen, went on to the problem, " What is Life ? " 



The Chairman expressed thanks to Dr. Martin for the admirable 

 way in which he had read the " Address," and on the proposal of 

 the Mayor, seconded by Dr. Dukinlield Scott, a vote of thanks was 

 passed to Dr. Haldane. 



On Thursday morning the Delegates met to hear the Annual 

 Report, the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, F.R.S., in the chair. The 

 report showed that 73 societies were affiliated to the Union. The 

 Treasurer, Mr. Adkin, read the balance sheet, which was satisfac- 

 tory, and it was agreed that, as in 1916 the Union would celebrate 

 its 21st birthday, the Congress be held at Tunbridge Wells, under 

 the Presidency of the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, its first President. 



Subsequently, Prof. Boulger in the chair, Mr, C. C. Fagg, of 

 Croydon, read a paper on "Natural History Societies and Regional 

 Surveys," in which he advocated maps as being the most compre- 

 hensive method, and illustrated it from the Croydon survey. 



At twelve o'clock Mr. Hugh Findon, F.L.S., gave a paper 

 illustrated by lantern slides, " The Problem of Fluviatile and 

 Terrestrial Shellfish," Mr. Whitaker, F.R.S., being in the chair. 



In the afternoon, one excursion was to visit churches at Sumpt- 

 ing (which is considered unique in England on account of its four- 

 gabled spire), Old Shoreham, Lancing, Broadwater, and West Tar- 

 ring, under the guidance of Mr. P. M. Johnstone, F.R.I.B.A. It 

 was a delightful drive, although the weather might with advantage 

 have been warmer. 



The other excursion was a local geological one, to the Black Rock 



