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also advocated the institution of School Jfuseums, and stated 

 that much progress had heen made in some of the primary schools 

 hy the institution of musexims. A heginning has heen made at 

 the headquarters of our Society, the Watford Endowed Schools, 

 and at the St. Albans Grammar School. There are also museums 

 in some other schools in our county, as at Haileybury College. 



J^thnographical Survey. — The Chairman of the Committee 

 appointed to organize an Ethnographical Survey of the United 

 Kingdom, Mr. E. W. Brabrook, remarked that the Corresponding 

 Societies had, through their delegates, shown much interest in 

 this question, and that many had given assistance. During the 

 past year the list of villages at vs^hich ethnographical observations 

 might suitably be made had been considerably increased ; there 

 were now 367, a much larger number than they had expected 

 would be suggested. He then gave an account of how their work 

 was progressing in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and the 

 Isle of Man. He had been told that the instructions with regard 

 to photographing were too minute ; but these instructions had 

 been drawn up by Mr. Francis Galton with reference to his system 

 of composite photographs, and any departure from them would 

 make the application of that system comparatively difficult. At 

 the same time they did not wish to lose any photographs which 

 might be useful, even if, in their case, the instructions had not 

 been followed. 



With this subject the work of the Conference was brought to 

 a close, and the Chairman expressed the hope that the delegates 

 would bring its proceedings under the notice of their respective 

 Societies. The custom of the Essex Field Club was to ask their 

 delegate to send in a report of what had been done, and to publish 

 it as soon as possible in the 'Essex Naturalist,' and he hoped that 

 other Societies would act in a similar manner. 



2. Note on a Tree- Wasp's Nest at Herga, Watford. By Daniel 

 Hill. {Transactions, Vol. VIII, p. 203.) 



Mr. Hill exhibited the nest, which he has had mounted in a case. 



The President exhibited and described a series of photographs 

 showing the feeding of a young Boa constrictor (the first ever 

 taken) ; also a photograph of a large reticulated python at the 

 Zoological Gardens. 



Ordinaey Meetixg, 29th Jantjakt, 1895, at Watfoei). 



Professor John Attfield, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., etc., Vice- 

 President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Alan Fairfax Grossman was elected a Member of the 

 Society. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " The Advantages of a Supply of Soft Water for the Town 

 of Watford." Bv Arthur King, M.B., CM., D.P.H, {Transactions, 

 Vol. VIII, p. 116.) 



