SESSION 1894-95. xli 



Ordenart Meeting, 27th Xovembee, 1894, at Watfoed. 



Aktucr Stradlixg, Esq., M.R.C.S., F.Z.S., President, in the 

 Chair. 



Miss Adams, St. Peter's House, St. Albans, and Mr. Noel 

 Heaton, Sans Souci, "VVatford, were elected Members of the 

 Society. 



Mr. Cecil Braithwayt, Overbury, Watford; Mr. W. J. Hardy, 

 F.S.A., Milton Cottage, St. Albans ; Mr. William Holloway, 

 Arncot, Watford ; Mr. Edmund L. Johnson, Heathdene, Watford ; 

 Dr. Arthur King, Belmont, Watford ; Mr. W. Itonald Mackay, 

 Shirley House, Watford ; Mr. AV. Metcalfe, Woodford Koad, 

 Watford ; Mr. Edwin Spurr, Eernlea, Westland Road, Watford ; 

 and Mrs. Wood, Woodside, Leavesden, Watford, were proposed for 

 membership. 



The following lecture was delivered : — 



"Herbert Spencer: a Sketch of his Life and Work." By 

 William E,. Hughes, F.L.S., of Birmingham. 



The lecture was illustrated by a large number of photographs 

 shown by means of the oxy-hydrogen lantern. 



Ordinary Meeting, 28th December, 1894, at Watford. 



Arthur Stradling, Esq., M.B.C.S., F.Z.S., President, in the 

 Chair. 



Ut. Cecil Braithwayt, Mr. W. J. Hardy, F.S.A., Mr. William 

 Holloway, Mr. Edmund L. Johnson, Dr. Arthur King, Mr. Ronald 

 Mackay, Mr. William Metcalfe, Mr. Edwin Spurr, and Mrs. Wood, 

 were elected Members of the Society. 



Mr. Alan Fairfax Grossman, St. Cuthbert's, Berkhamsted, was 

 proposed for membership. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "Report on the Conferences of Delegates to the British 

 Associ.ATioN at Oxford in 1894." By John Hopkinson, F.L.S., 

 F.G.S., F.R.Met.Soc. 



Having acted as your delegate to the Oxford meeting of the 

 British Association, it is my duty to bring before the Society the 

 various subjects which were discussed at the Conferences of 

 Delegates of the Corresponding Societies. The Conferences were 

 held on the 9th and 14th of August, the first Conference being 

 devoted to the subject of Local Museums, and the second to the 

 consideration of the work of the sectional Committees of the 

 Association, or Committees of Research. 



Professor R. Meldola, F.R.S., presided at each Conference. All 

 the members of our Society who are on the Corresponding Societies 

 Committee wei'e present at the first Conference. They are Sir 

 John Evans, Mr. G. J. Symons, Mr. W. Topley, Mr. W. Whitaker, 

 and myself. At the second were present Mr. Symons, Mr. 

 Whitaker, and myself. 



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