XXXIT PROCEEDINGS, 



Mr. Hopkinson said that the number observed before 

 Mr. Grossman commenced to record was about 205, but he 

 thought the most satisfactory answer would be that Mr. Grossman 

 intended to give a complete list of Hertfordshire birds in the 

 ' Transactions.' 



209th OB.DiifA.RY Meeting, 17th January, 1899, at Watford. 



William Whitaker, B.A., F.R.S., Pres.Gr. S,, Assoc. Inst. C.E., 

 President, in the Chair. 



Mr. R. M. C. James and Mr. G. F. Smith were elected Members 

 of the Society. 



Mr. W. W. Claridge, Talbot Road, Rickmansworth, and Mr. Ernest 

 Albert Sandeman, Presdales, Ware, were proposed for membership. 



Illustrations of interesting geological features of the British 

 Isles were shown by means of the Society's oxy-hydrogen lantern, 

 being selections from a collection of lantern- slides formed by the 

 British Association Geological Photographs Committee. Explanatory 

 remarks upon them were made by the President and Mr. Hopkinson. 



Two albums of geological photographs collected by the same 

 Committee were also exhibited. 



The following papers were read : — 



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

 Association at Bristol in 1898." By John Hopkinson, F.L.S., 

 F.G.S., Assoc. Inst. C.E., Hon. Sec. 



Having represented the Society at the Bristol meeting of the 

 British Association, I have to present a report on the proceedings 

 at the Conference of Delegates held thei'e on the 8th and 13th of 

 September. There are four members of our Society on the 

 Corresponding Societies' Committee of the Bi'itish Association, three 

 of whom— Mr. W. Whitaker, F.R.S., Chairman, Mr. G. J. Symons, 

 F.R.S., and your Delegate — attended both meetings. 



First Meeting. 



The Report of the Corresponding Societies' Committee was taken 

 as read. It referred with satisfaction to the steady increase in the 

 number of Corresponding Societies and the consequent increasing- 

 approximation to completeness in the index of their more important 

 papers as a record of local work. 



Coast-JErosion. — The subject selected for discussion at this 

 Conference was that of Coast erosion. It was brought forward 

 by the Chairman, who, as President of our Society, will make 

 some remarks upon it this evening. The chief result of the dis- 

 cussion was the passing of the following resolution : — 



" That the Council of the British Association be requested to 

 bring under the notice of the Admiralty the importance of securing 

 systematic observations upon the erosion of the sea-coasts of the 

 United Kingdom, and that the co-operation of the Coastguard 

 might be profitably secured for this purpose." 



