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NATURE 



[September 19, 1912 



the interest taken in scientific questions by the 

 people of Dundee and the neiglibourhood ; and to 

 this interest may perhaps be attributed the 

 generous provision made privately for visitors. 



In proposing a cordial vote of thanks to the 

 Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of 

 Dundee for this unbounded hospitality, at the 

 closing meeting on September ii, the President, 

 Prof. Schaier, rightly remarked that though he 

 had attended many meetings of the Association, 

 he did not think that on any occasion had a more 

 cordial welcome been extended than that enjoyed 

 at Dundee. He could certainly say that the 

 Association had never been entertained more 

 royally or hospitably. 



Lord Provost Urquhart, in acknowledging the 

 vote of thanks, said that from the time the sug- 

 gestion was first made by Prof. D'Arcy Thomp- 

 son that it might be possible to have a visit from 

 the British Association, the citizens had responded 

 most enthusiastj^cally. The providing of hospitality 

 had been a problem owing to the limited hotel 

 accommodation in the city, but the local com- 

 mittee had, he hoped, been able to solve it to the 

 satisfaction of the visitors. 



Sir William White, the President-elect, proposed 

 thanks to the Council of L'niversity College, the 

 governing bodies of the Chamber of Commerce, 

 Technical College, and other institutions for their 

 kindness in placing their buildings and resources 

 at the disposal of the Association. 



Principal Griffiths moved a vote of thanks to 

 the Provost and Magistrates of the burghs of St. 

 Andrews, Dunfermline, and Arbroath, and to all 

 who had contributed by means of excursions, 

 garden-parties, and in other ways to the enter- 

 tainment of the members. Finally, Prof. Perry, 

 the general treasurer, expressed the thanks of the 

 Association to the local officers and executive for 

 the admirable arrangements they had made, and 

 remarked that it was the best engineered meetin^^ 

 he had attended in forty years. 



At the meeting of the General Committee on 

 September ii, the following resolutions submitted 

 by the sections named were adopted : — 



Mathematical and Physical Science. — (i) That it be 

 recommended to the General Committee that the cor- 

 dial thanks of the Association be forwarded to the 

 Falmouth Committee for their valuable services since 

 their appointment in 1901 ; and especially to their 

 chairman, Sir William Preece, and the secretaries, 

 Dr. R. T. Glazebook and Dr. W. N. Shaw. 



That, having- regard to the importance of the 

 observations at Falmouth in the work of the previous 

 survey and in other work in connection with terres- 

 trial magnetism and meteorology, steps be taken to 

 assist an appeal for a Treasury grant, in order that 

 the observatory at Falmouth may be efficiently main- 

 tained. 



(2) That it is desirable that a detailed magnetic 

 survey of the British Isles, on the lines of that of 

 Profs. Ruckor and Thorpe for the epoch of 1891, 

 should now be repeated, in order to answer the ques- 

 tion as to the local variations of the terrestrial mag- 

 netic elements within twenty-five years. 



That a representation to this effect be made to the 

 Royal Society, the Admiralty, the Ordnance Survey, 

 and the Meteorological Committee. 



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Zoolos^y. — The British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science deplores the rapid destruction of 

 fauna and flora throughout the world, and regards 

 it as an urgent duty that immediate steps be taken 

 to secure the preservation of all kinds of animals and 

 plants, irrespective of their economic or sporting value. 

 Anthropology. — That the copies of the fourth edition 

 of "Notes and Queries in Anthropology," now on the 

 point of publication through the committee appointed 

 for the purpose of its preparation, be delivered as 

 heretofore to the Koval Anthropological Institute for 

 sale to its members and to the public, the proceeds 

 to be reserved at the disposal of the Association to- 

 wards the expenses of any future editions, and 

 accounts of the sales to be submitted to the general 

 treasurer of the Association on demand. 



Papers to be printed in extenso : — Dr. J. V. Eyre, 

 " Renort on Solubility," part ii. ; Sir John Macdonald, 

 "The Road Problem." 



A sum of 1036L i8s. 8d. was appropriated for 

 scientific purposes by the committee. Subjoined 

 is a synopsis of the subjects for which the grants 

 are made, and the names of chairmen of the 

 committees : — 



Mathematical and Physical Science. 

 Prof. H. H. Turner, seismo- 



logical observations ...;^6o o o 

 Dr. VV. N. Shaw, upper atmo- 

 sphere ... 50 o o 



Sir W. Ramsay, grant to the 

 Internationa! Commission 

 on Physical and Chemical 

 Constants 

 Prof. M. J. M. Hill, tabula- 

 tion of Bessel functions ... 



40 o 



30 



Chemistry. 



Dr. W. H. Perkin, study of 

 hydro-aromatic substances 20 



Prof. H. E. Armstrong, 

 dynamic isomerism ... 30 



Prof. F. S. Kipping, trans- 

 formation of aromatic nitro- 

 amines ■. ... ... 20 



A. D. Hall, plant enzymes 30 



;^i8o 



/J^IOO o 



Geology. 



R. H. Tiddeman, erratic 

 blocks 



Prof. W. W. Watts, igneous 

 and associated sedimentary 

 rocks of Glensaul ... 



Prof. P. F. Kendall, list of 

 characteristic fossils 



Dr. J. Home, Old Red Sand- 

 stone of Dura Den 



Dr. A. Stracban, Ramsay 

 Island, Pembroke ... 



Prof. Grenville Cole, Old Red 

 Sandstone of Kiltorcan 



75 o 



;^I20 O 



Zoology. 

 Prof. S. J. Hickson, table at 



the Zoological Station at 



Naples 



Di-. A. E. Shioley, Belmullet 



Whaling Station 

 Dr. Chalmers Mitchell, 



nomenclator animalium 



genera et subgenera 



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