CHAPTER IV 



ANNUAL MEETINGS: THE ASSOCIATION 

 OVERSEAS 



Places of Meeting Attendance at Meetings Jubilee Meeting, 1881 Over- 

 seas Meetings : Montreal, 1884 Toronto, 1897 South Africa, 1905 

 Winnipeg, 1909 Australia, 1914. 



PLACES OF MEETING 



THE British. Association, at the time of writing 

 (1921), has held eighty-nine annual meetings since 

 and including that in 1831 ; in two years during the 

 Great War (1917-18) no annual meeting was held, 

 but the General Committee met in London for the 

 despatch of essential business, and the Conference 

 of Delegates of Corresponding Societies maintained 

 activity. The meetings have been held at the 

 following places (and invitations which at the time 

 of writing have been accepted for two future years 

 are included) : 



Five Times 



Birmingham (1839, 1849, 1865, 1886, 1913). 

 Edinburgh (1834, 1850, 1871, 1892, 1921). 

 Liverpool (1837, 1854, 1870, 1896, 1923). 



Four Times 



Cambridge (1833, 1845, 1862, 1904). 

 Dublin (1835, 1857, 1878, 1908). 

 Glasgow (1840, 1855, 1876, 1901). 

 Manchester (1842, 1861, 1887, 1915). 

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