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NATURE 



[August 31, 19 16 



ing the laws governing the development of the 

 germ into the adult animal. Some of the lantern- 

 slides to be shown will illustrate the results 

 already obtained by Prof. MacBride in the salt- 

 water tanks in the Imperial College of Science, 

 where for some years he has been perfecting his 

 arrangements for rearing marine animals. The 

 papers to be read before the section are : — 

 "Bitharzia," by Dr. R. T. Leiper ;" Further 

 Materials for a Graphic History of Comparative 

 Anatomy," by Prof. F. J. Cole; "Some Points of 

 Bionomic Interest observed during the Visit of 

 the British Association to Australia," by Dr. F. A. 

 Dixey; "The Exploitation of British In-shore 

 Fisheries," by Prof. W. A. Herdman; "The 

 Coastal Fisheries of Northumberland," by Prof. 

 A. Meek; "The Further Development of Shell 

 Fisheries," by Dr. James Johnstone; "The 

 Scheme of Mussel Purification of the Conway 

 Fishery," by Dr. A. T. Masterman; "The Scales 

 of Fishes and their Value as an Aid to Investiga- 

 tion," by Prof. A. Meek; "Some Notes on the 

 Determination of the Age of Fishes by their 

 Scales," by Dr. A. T. Masterman; "Review of the 

 Fluctuations of the Herring, Mackerel, and Pil- 

 chard Fisheries off the South-west Coasts in the 

 Light of Seasonal Variations of Hydrographical 

 Factors," by Dr. E. C. Jee. On Friday morning 

 four papers are to be dealt with, viz. "Amcebse 

 in Relation to Disease," by Dr. Pixewell-Good- 

 rich ; " Notes on the Amoebae from the Human 

 Mouth," by Dr. T. Goodey; "The Flagellate Pro- 

 tozoa associated with Diarrhoea and Dysentery," 

 by Dr. Annie Porter; "War and Eugenics," by 

 Mr. Hugh Richardson. In the afternoon of 

 Friday the section will visit the Dove Marine 

 Laboratory at Cullercoats. 



In Section E (Geography) there is to be a dis- 

 cussion on political frontiers, to be opened by Sir 

 T. H. Holdich, and the following papers are to be 

 dealt with : — " France — a R.egional Interpreta- 

 tion," by Mr. H. J. Fleure ; "Generalisations in 

 Human Geographv," by Mr. G. G. Chisholm ; 

 "The Weddell Sea," by Dr. W. S. Bruce; "The 

 Adriatic Problem," by Dr. R. W. Seton-Watson ; 

 " Salonica : Its Geographical Relation to the 

 Interior," by Mr. H. C. Woods; "Recent Explora- 

 tion in the Japanese Alps," by the Rev. W'alter 

 Weston; "Nepal, the Home of the Gurkha," by 

 Mr. A. Trevor-Battye. The section on the Friday 

 will hold joint meetings with Sections C and E. 



The general title of Prof. Kirkaldy's address to 

 Section F (Economics and Statistics) is "Thoughts 

 on Reconstruction after the War." He will refer 

 to the economic condition and industrial changes 

 resulting from the war, and then attempt a fore- 

 cast of the industrial future and make some 

 suggestions as to how we may prepare ourselves 

 industrially to meet the changed conditions at 

 home and abroad. The section will give the 

 greater part of the time to the consideration and 

 discussion of the reports of the investigations 

 which have been going forward during the year. 

 These subjects were reported upon last year at 

 Manchester, and were felt to be of such import- 



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ance that all the investigations were continued. 

 The first three reports, "Industrial Harmony," 

 "Outlets for Labour," and "The Effect of the War 

 on Credit, Currency, and Finance," are being pub- 

 lished in one volume, and will be a continuation 

 of last year's volume on "Credit, Industry, and 

 the War." The papers to be read before Sec- 

 tion F are: — "Land Settlement," by Mr. Chris- 

 topher Turner; and "The English Historical 

 Method in Economics — Rent," by Mr. T. B. 

 Browning. 



It is understood that Mr Gerald Stoney, in his 

 address to Section G (Engineering), will deal with 

 various subjects of vital importance at the present 

 moment. The section will hold a joint meeting^ 

 with Section B (Chemistry) and consider the sub- 

 ject of "Fuel Economy." The papers to be read 

 are : — " Standardisation and its Influence on the 

 Engineering Industries " (with a foreword by Sir 

 John Wolfe Barry), by Mr. C. le Maistre; "The 

 Calculation of the Capacity of Aerials, including 

 the Effects of Masts and Buildings," by Prof. 

 G. W. O. Howe; "The Influence of Pressure on 

 Ignition," by Prof. W. M. Thornton; "Some 

 Characteri^stic Curves for a Poulsen Arc Genera- 

 tor," by Mr. N. W. McLachlan; "Pressure Oil 

 Film Lubrication," by Mr. H. T. Newbigin. The 

 section will also receive the reports of the com- 

 mittees on Complex Stress Distribution, Engi- 

 neering Problems affecting the Future Prosperity 

 of the Country, and Gaseous Explosions. 



In Section H (Anthropology) Dr. R. R. Marett 

 will devote his presidential address to the subject 

 of "Anthropology and University Education," in 

 the course of which he will supplement the address 

 delivered to the section in 191 3 by Sir Richard 

 Temple on the need, from an imperial point of 

 view, of an applied anthropology. Dr. F. B. 

 Jevohs will deal with the disputed question of the 

 exact boundary in primitive culture between prac- 

 tices regarded as religious and liturgical and those 

 considered to belong to the domain of magic and" 

 sorcery. Prof. Ridgeway will explain the origin 

 of the actor, with probably special reference to pre- 

 classical times in Greece and the neighbourhood. 

 Prof. Keith will discuss the question of whether 

 the British facial type is not changing. There will 

 be a description given by Mr. and Mrs. Scoresby 

 Routledge of the expedition to Easter Island in 

 the Pacific, with the latest explanation of the- 

 mysterious stone statues on that island, which has 

 been inhabited by Polynesians, who elsewhere 

 have been workers and carvers in wood rather 

 than stone. It is believed that this expedition 

 may have solved the mystery. Papers will be 

 read on the Roman wall by Prof. Haverfield, aad 

 on Early Christian monuments in Northumbria 

 by Mr. Collingwood. On the Friday there will 

 be a discussion on the cultures of New Guinea 

 and the New Hebrides, and a paper, by Prof. 

 Sollas, on a sub-crag flint implement. Dr. 

 Marett will narrate the story of recent archaeo- 

 logical discoveries in the Channel Islands. Dr. 

 Fraser will continue the account of the excava- 

 tions in artificial islands in the lochs of the 



