SESSION 1898-99. XXXV 



Geological P/iofot/raph. — .V letter was read from Professor Watts 

 stating that the Ueological I'hotographs Comiuittee of the British 

 Association had formed a coUectiou of about 250 photographs and 

 100 huiterii-slides, which couUl be sent to any local scientific society 

 desiring to make use of them. 



Second Meeting. 



The Chairman stated that the Committees of the Geological and 

 Geographical Sections had supported the resolution as to coast- 

 erosion passed at tlie first meeting of the Conference. 



Dr. Garson then took the chair, Mr. Wliitaker having to leave. 



Unifonnitj/ in Fublicaiions. — Professor S. P. Thompson brought 

 forward the question of the importance of adopting one of two 

 standard sizes for tlie pages of scientific publications, chiefly with 

 the view of being able to bind together reprinted papei's. A Com- 

 mittee of the British Association has been appointed for this 

 purpose, and recominends the following as standard sizes: — 



Standard octavo size: Paper dctiii/, 5|in. wide X 8 J in. high; 

 Avidth from stitching to edge of printed matter, 4| in. ; height of 

 printed portion including headline, 7 in. Limit of octavo size : 

 2)aper not to be more than ^ in. smaller than the standard each 

 way, and letterpress not to occupy i in. more space either way. 



Standard quarto size : Paper demi/, 8 f in. wide X 11^ in. high; 

 width from stitching to edge of printed matter, 7|- in. ; height 

 of printed portion including headline, 8 a in. Limit of quarto size : 

 as in octavo size except that the letterpress may be 9 in. high. 



The Committee recommends that illustrations on plates should 

 not exceed o^- in. X 7fin. for octavos, and 8Jin. X lOin. for 

 quartos, the width being measured from the back of the b^ok; 

 and that when plates are folded the fold should not be less than 

 5 in. from the stitching in octavos and 8^ in. in quartos. 



Also that each article should begin a page, and if possible the 

 right-hand page, and that reprints should either be issued with 

 uncut edges, or with not more than ^in. cut off each margin. 



In the discussion which ensued, the adoption of these recom- 

 mendations was unanimously approved. Your Delegate stated 

 that the number of publications of local scientific societies which 

 were irregular in size and form was very small, societies which, 

 from want of funds, published reprints from local newspapers, 

 being the chief offenders. He appi'oved of each paper beginning on 

 the top of the page, but thought that the loss of space when there 

 were many short papers would be too great for eacli paper to begin 

 on a right-hand page. The present discussion would probably be 

 of most value in guiding new societies. 



Ethnographical Survey. — This is the only other subject of 

 interest to our Society which was brought before the Conference. 

 Dr. Garson said that few local societies were co-operating in this 

 investigation. Full directions for guidance in the various depart- 

 ments of the work might be obtained from the papers issued by 

 the Ethnographical Survey Committee. The important point was 



