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The British Association.— The British 

 Association will meet in its fifty-fourth an- 

 nual session at Montreal, August 2'7th, un- 

 der the presidency of Lord Rayleigh. The 

 Vice-Presidents will be the Governor-Gen- 

 eral of Canada (Lord Lansdowne), Sir John 

 A. Macdonald, Sir Lyon Playfair, Sir Alex- 

 ander T. Gait, Sir Charles Tupper, Sir Nar- 

 cisse Dorion, Hon. Dr. Chauveau, Principal 

 J. W. Dawson, Professor Edward Frank- 

 land, Dr. W. H. Kingston, and Dr. T. Sterry 

 Hunt. Professor A. W. Williamson will be 

 General Treasurer ; Captain Douglas Galton 

 and A. G. Vernon Harcourt, General Secre- 

 taries ; Professor T. G. Bonney, Secretary ; 

 L. E. Dawson, R. A. Ramsay, S. Rivard, S. C. 

 Stevenson, and Thomas White, M. P., Local 

 Secretaries ; and Mr. F. Wolferstan Thomas, 

 Local Treasurer. The Presidents of the 

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 ical Science, Professor H. E. Roscoe ; C, Ge- 



