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Proceedings. xlv 
British Association. 
Report oF THE CONFERENCE OF DELEGATES OF CORRESPONDING 
Societies at CampripcE, Aucust, 1904. 
(Read Noy. 15th, 1904.) 
Following the direction given at the last meeting of delegates at 
Southport, 1903, reported in the last issue of our ‘ Proceedings,’ 
1903-4, p. x, an Organizing Committee was formed from members 
present to endeavour to discover what local scientific work could be 
best done by the separate societies who were represented at the Con- 
ference. There were three or four reports only made, leaving the 
evidence that little interest had been taken in this recommendation of 
the meeting. On the subject of higher education, strongly recom- 
mended, little action had been taken. 
The proposition of the desirability that local museums for natural 
history, antiquarian, and geological collections should be made was 
again pressed forward, conversationally. 
It was proposed, and supported, that it is desirable that kindred 
scientific societies should be associated with the British Association 
Corresponding Societies, although such societies should not publish 
reports of their proceedings if the funds of these societies were devoted 
to the formation of museums or other important scientific work. 
The Chairman (Principal Griffiths, of Cardiff) suggested that it is 
very desirable that a general journal of the work done by the Corre- 
sponding Societies should be published monthly. 
He proposed that a fund might be formed by the members of the 
Corresponding Societies at the rate of five shillings for every fifty 
members in the separate societies. It was suggested that this journal 
would correlate the work of the several societies, and give direction for 
concerted action. 
The matter was left open for consideration. 
One objection made was that the cost of forming a museum absorbed 
all the spare funds of many societies, and that few societies could afford 
such a subscription as that mentioned. 
A long discussion was taken upon the desirability of reports of pro- 
ceedings of all learned societies being printed of a uniform size, a 
principle said to be adopted in U.S.A. The size that the Chairman 
selected as the most appropriate was that of our own ‘ Proceedings.’ 
Wm. F. STanuey. 
Summary of Proceedings. 
Excursions. 
January 18th.—Woldingham and the Bourne. Conductor, 
Mr. W. Whitaker, F.R.S. 
April 16th.— Banstead Wood. Conductor, Mr. W. Whitaker, 
F.R.S. 
