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XXIX. 
LocaL COMMITTEES. 
The Council would suggest that the various Local Committees, 
Delegates, &c., be elected at the end of the Session, rather than 
at the beginning, as is the case in one or two Societies. The 
benefits of such are obvious. 
Local Associations would do infinite benefit to the Council if 
they would, from time to time, send up Resolutions bearing on 
the work of the Association. ‘Too much is left to the Council, 
which cannot thoroughly understand the exact wants of the Local 
Societies. 
The Council would like to see each Local Society take a more 
real and active interest in the welfare of the Association, in short 
to look upon itself as an integral part of this larger Association, 
which, in its turn, is an integral part—in fact one of the largest 
branches in connection with the British Association. At the head 
(in 1888) stood the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union, with 2,484 
members ; then in succession we have the Midland Union of 
Natural History Society, with 2,000 members; Royal Scottish 
Geological Society, with 1,162; East of Scotland Union of 
Naturalists’ Society, 1,053; Cumberland and Westmorland Asso- 
ciation, 910 (in 1889 the number was 1,007). 
For the guidance of Local Committees, the Council would 
suggest the following as suitable subjects for consideration during 
the Coming Session, viz. :— 
1. How can the issue of the Zvansactions be improved and 
extended ? 
2. What can be done in the matter of University Extension, 
Reading Circles, &c. ? 
_ 3. What is the best method of working a Local Association ? 
4. How can Local Associations be formed in other centres 
than as at present ? 
