190 The Ottawa Naturalist. [January 



BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT 



OF SCIENCE. 



The 67th annual meeting of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science has been held in Canada, and as on the 

 occasion of the Association's visit to Montreal, in 1884, has proved a 

 great success. The attendance of members from Great Britain and 

 America was very gratifying. One interesting feature of the gathering 

 was the joint action or co-operation of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, which sent not less than 800 of its 

 members and oiScers from the Detroit meeting to Toronto. The 

 President of the Association was the distinguished physician Lord 

 Lister, the President-elect, Sir John Evans, K.C.B., For. Sec. Geol. Soc. 

 London. 



There were many distinguished men of Science present at this Tor- 

 onto meeting,and it would be impossible in a brief sketch like this to give 

 a detailed list of all. Lord Kelvin, better known to many as Sir Wm. 

 Thompson or Professor Thompson of Glasgow University, was a con- 

 spicuous figure throughout these meetings, and his jovial face coupled 

 with his lucid remarks at all times attracted those who were 

 fortunate enough to listen to him. Prof. Riicker, Prof. Roberts- 

 Austen, Prof. C. LeNeve Foster, Prof. I. C Miall, Prof. Michael 

 Foster, Prof, Herdman, Prof. Sir Wm. Turner, Prof. R. Meldola, Prof. 

 A. D. Waller, Mr. J. Scott Keltic ; the Rt. Hon. James Bryce, M.P. 

 Prof. J. Milne, Dr. H. R. Mill, Mr. A. C Seward, M.A., Prof. W. 

 T. Blanford, Prof. Lamplough, Prof. H. A. Miers, and a score of other 

 specialists of Europe contributed much by their energies and guidance 

 in the affairs of the British Association meetings to make them both 

 exceedingly useful and practical, exhibiting at all times a most 

 business like character. 



Not less than 800 papers on various topics of live scientific interest 

 were presented and read at this meeting. The discussions which followed 

 many of these were of a most interesting nature, and the cosmopolitan 

 character of scientific researches was demonstrated beyond expres- 

 sion : the views of workers in one field of science in Europe were freely 



