Ixvi REPORT — 1884. 



themselves p^enerally informed of the annual work of the Corresponding 

 Societies, and of superintending the preparation of a list of the papers 

 pubHshed by them. This Committee shall make an annual report to the 

 General Committee, and shall suggest such additions or changes in the 

 List of Corresponding Societies as they may think desirable. 



' (4.) Every Corresponding Society shall return each year, on or 

 before the 1st of June, to the Secretary of the Association, a schedule, 

 properly filled up, which will be issued by the Secretary of the Associa- 

 tion, and which will contain a request for such particulars with regard to 

 the Society as may be required for the information of the Corresponding 

 Societies Committee. 



' (5.) There shall be inserted in the Annual Report of the Association 

 |j I i a list, in an abbreviated form, of the papers published by the Corresponding 



Societies during the past twelve months which contain the results of the 

 local scientific work conducted by them ; those papers only being included 

 which refer to subjects coming under the cognizance of one or other of 

 the various Sections of the Association. 



' (G.) A Corresponding Societ}'- shall hav( the right to nominate any 

 one of its members, who is also a member of the Association, as its dele- 

 gate to the annual meeting of the Association, who shall be for the time a 

 member of the General Committee. 



' Conference of Delegates of Gorreftjwndinr/ Societies. 



* (7.) The Delegates o^the various Corresponding Societies shall con- 

 || stitute a Conference, of which the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen, and Secre- 



taries shall be annually nominated by the Council, and appointed by the 

 General Committee, and of which the members of the Corresponding 

 Societies Committee shall be ex officio members. 



' The Conference of Delegates shal i be summoned by the Secretaries 

 to hold one or more meetings during ef'.ch annual meeting of the Associa- 

 tion, and shall be empowered to invite any member or associate to take 

 part in the meetings. 



' The Secretaries of each Section shall be instructed to transmit to the 

 Secretaries of the Conference of Delegates copies of any recommendations 

 forwarded by the Presidents of Sections to the Committee of Recommen- 

 dations bearing upon matters in which the co-operation of Corresponding 

 Societies is desired ; and the Secretaries of the Conference of Delegates 

 shall invite the authors of these recommendations to attend the meetings 

 of the Conference and give verbal explanations of their objects and of the 

 precise way in which they would desire to have them carried into 

 effect. 



' It will be the duty of the Delegates to make themselves familiar with 

 the purport of the several recommendations brought before the Confer- 

 ence, in order that they and others who take part in the meetings may be 

 able to bring those recommendations clearly and favoura,bly before their 

 respective Societies. The Conference may also discuss propositions bear- 

 ing on the promotion of more systematic observation and plans of o]<era- 

 tion, and of greater uniformity in the mode of publishing results.' 



The vacancies in the Council to be declared at the General Committee 

 meeting in November will be Lord Rayleigh, who has assumed the Presi- 

 dency, together with the following who retire in the ordinary course : 



