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REPORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATED SOCIETIES. 



WHITEHAVEN SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION. 

 HOWGILL STREET. 



SESSION, 1875— 187G. 



Pn'sideiit. H. A. Fletcher, F.R.A.S. 



Vice-Prcskh'tH James Baird. 



Past Preskh^its. 



T. F. r Anson, M.D. | William Jackson. 



Augustus Heldee. I W. H. Kitchin. 



Committee- 



E. Ablett, M.D. 1 R- F. Martin. 



Joseph Adair. ■ J. W. Montgomery, F.C.S. 



Archibald Kitchin, F.C.S. | R. Pickering, C. E. 



R. EussELL, C.E.,F.G.S. 



Curators. 



Botanical \ JJoseph Adair. 



Zoologicall cE. Ablett, M.D. 



Geological ...") ( R- Pickering, C.E. 



■^Mineraloffical j I. R- Russell, C.E.,F.G.S. 



, °. / ST. F. F Anson, M.D. 



Archaeological ^-yy j^ckson. 



Treasurer John S. Hellon. 



Eon. Secretary B. Taylor. 



3IEETINGS irere held dv.ring the Session as follows: — 

 Oct. 19.— Conversazione— Introductory Address by the President. 

 Nov. 2.— J. D. Kendall, M.E., F.G.S..— On Valleys and Valley-Gravels, their 



bearing on the question of the Antiquity of Man. 

 Nov. 16. — T. Thompson— On Cumberland Past and Present. 

 j)ec. 7.— Edward Ceompton, — On Railways, their Permanent Way and 



Signals. 

 Dee. 21. — C. Mc.Glashan,— On Coral Formations. 



Jan. 4. — A. Kitchin, F.C.S. -On some of the Phenomena of Light experimen- 

 tally illustrated. 

 Jan. 18. — E. Russell, F.G.S. — On Pompeii, 

 yglj. 1. — W. Jackson, J. P. — On Cockermouth Castle. 

 Feb. 15. — James Baird, — On Heat. 



