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[July 30, 1908 



fishes, Dr. Smith Woodward, F.R.S. Papers: Wild ances- 

 tors of the domestic horse. Prof. Cossar Ewart, l'".R.S. ; 

 gastrulation of .Amphioxus, Prol. MacBride, 1*.K.S. (.Mon- 

 treal) ; -Arctic and Antarctic Collembola, Prof. Carpenter ; 

 leciprocal mimicry or diaposematism, Dr. F. A. Dixey ; 

 migrations of wading birds, Prof. C. J. Patten ; lantern 

 demonstration of the segmentation of marsupial ova, Prof. 

 J. P. Hill; an intjuiry into the feeding habits of birds, 

 .Mr. Gordon Hewitt ; some points connected with the verte- 

 brate alimentary canal, Prof. .Alex. Kraser ; nerve cells and 

 giant nerve fibres in worms. Dr. Ashworth ; vascular system 

 in Stylodrilus, .Mr. R. Southern ; (.a) maxilla and palatine 

 in mammalia, (Sj epiphyses in reptilia, Prof. R. J. Ander- 

 son ; distribution of Irish fresh-water mites, Mr. Halbert. 

 .Monday, September 7, will be devoted to a joint session 

 with Section I. 



Section E (Geografhv). — The president (Major E. H. 

 Hills, C.M.G.), will give an address on the survey of the 

 British Empire ; Prof. W. M. Davis, of Harvjrd, will 

 read a paper on the physiographic subdivisions of the 

 .Appalachian mountain system, and their effects upon 

 settlement and history ; the Rev. W. Spottswood Green 

 will discuss certain effects of geographical conditions in 

 Ireland; Prof. R. A. Gregory will discuss school geo- 

 graphy as a mental discipline, and Prof. J. [.. Myres 

 will give a paper on the geographical study of Mediter- 

 ranean man in connection with classical education ; 

 Mr. W^. L. Grant, of Oxford University, will lecture on 

 geographical conditions affecting the northward develop- 

 ment of Canada, in especial view of the visit of the .Asso- 

 ciation next year to Winnipeg ; Capt. F. V. Thompson 

 and Mr. E. .A. Reeves will exhibit and demonstrate survey- 

 ing instruments designed by them; Capt. Thompsons 

 work has been directed towards the development of stereo- 

 photographic surveying ; Mr. H. G. F'ordham will discuss 

 and illustrate early county maps of England and Wales ; 

 Capt. H. G. Lyons will lecture on the longitudinal section 

 of the river Nile ; .Mr. L. G. Bernacchi will give some results 

 of a visit to Peru, and the Rev. S. Furlong will describe 

 and illustrate volcanic phenomena in Samoa ; Mr. Harold 

 Brodrick will give results of his explorations, with illus- 

 trations, in the Marble Arch caves in the county Fer- 

 managh, and Dr. Charles -A. Hill will similarly describe 

 the Mitchelstovi'n caves in the county Tipperary. 



Subsection F (Agriculture). — September 3 : Presidential 

 address, Sir Horace Plunkett ; agricultural education. Prof. 

 J. R. Campbell ; some Irish experiments on warble flics, 

 Prof. G. H. Carpenter ; Barley growing and selection in 

 Ireland, Herbert Hunter ; electricity in agriculture. Sir 

 Oliver Lodge, F.R.S. September 4 : Discussion on breed- 

 ing and the relation of modern theories of heredity to 

 the problems of the stock-raiser, opened bv Prof. W. 

 Bateson, F.R.S. , followed bv Prof. T. B. Wood, Mr. W. 

 Heape, Mr. R. C. Punnett,' Dr. J. F. A. Marshall, and 

 Prof. James Wilson. September 7 : Discussion on small 

 holdings — some considerations on their successful establish- 

 ment," opener, Mrs. Wilkins. September 8: Joint meet- 

 ing with the economics section : psychological aspects of 

 agrarian reform, Dr. Moritz J. Bonn ; the increase in the 

 productivitv of English agriculturists during the last two 

 centuries. Prof. James Wilson ; statistical and economic 

 investigation in agriculture, W. G. S. Adams. 



Section G (Engineering). — September 3 : Address by the 

 president of the section, Mr. Dugald Clerk, F.R.S. Sep- 

 tember 4 : Report of the committee on gas explosions, to 

 be followed by a discussion jointly with members of the 

 physical and chemical sections. September 7 : Recent ad- 

 vances in steam turbines, Mr. Gerald Stoney ; producer gas, 

 J. Emerson Dowson ; suction gas producers, P. W. Robson ; 

 the utilisation of peat for making gas or charcoal, Capt. 

 H. Riall Sankey, R.E. September 8: The laws of flight, 

 F. W. Lanchester ; on the causes of wear in motor vehicle 

 machinery, F. H. Royce ; on a fundamental error in the 

 theory of power transmission by belts, W. Worby Beau- 

 mont : railless traction. F. Douglas Fox. 



Section H (.Anthropology). — The proceedings will in- 

 clude a number of communications of first importance. 

 Prof. G. Elliot Smith will read a paper on the history of 

 mummification in Egvpt, and in a second communication 

 — anthropological work in Egypt — will deal with the 

 physical type of the Egyptians from the earliest discovered 



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human remains to the piescnt day. A paper by Mr. C. T. 

 Curreliy, on the sequence of Egyptian flint implements, 

 is of special importance in refereiii.e to the question of the 

 relation of the Stone age of Egypt to that of Asia and 

 Europe. Mr. J. P. Droop will describe a Neolithic site in 

 the valley of the Spercheos ; .Mr. Thompson, the important 

 excavations in Sparta during the past season ; while a 

 communication by Prof. R. C. Bosanquet will deal with 

 the .Minoan settlements in eastern Crete. Local archaeo- 

 logy finds a place in a discussion on the Iron age in 

 Ireland, of which the nucleus will be formed by papers 

 by Messrs. G. Coffey, Armstrong, and Prof. Scharff, 

 the last-named dealing with the early history of the 

 horse in Ireland. Among other archa;ological papers 

 may be mentioned one by Dr. H. Schetelig, of the Bergen 

 Museum, on sculptured stones in Norway and their rela- 

 tion to some British monuments ; prehistoric archaeology 

 in Japan, by Mr. Gordon Munro ; and reports on the 

 excavations made at Avebury by the Stone Circles Com- 

 mittee, at Caerwent by Dr. T. .Ashby, and on the work 

 of the Liverpool Committee for Excavation and Researcl? 

 in Wales and the Marches. Papers on general ethno- 

 graphy and the history of religion include a communica- 

 tion by Dr. C. G. .Seligmann embodying the results of his 

 recent expedition among the A'eddahs of Ceylon ; on a 

 collection of Dinka laws and customs, by Mr. E. S. Hart- 

 land : the wandering of a cult in India — the god of the 

 flood, by Sir Richard Temple ; and a paper dealing with 

 I he origin and customs of the Mahrattas and Rajputs, by 

 Mr. W. Crooke. Papers in physical anthropology include, 

 in addition to that by Prof. Elliot Smith already mentioned, 

 an important communication by Prof. D. J. Cunningham 

 on the supraorbital region of the Neanderthal race ; a paper 

 by Mr. J. Gray, in which an attempt is made to identify 

 the builders of the British Megalithic monuments with 

 the hyperbrachycephalic race, of which remains have been 

 discovered in the north-east of Scotland ; and a paper by 

 Prof. A. Eraser on certain points connected with the 

 human brain. 



SixTioN I (Piivsioi-OGy). — September 3 : Address of presi- 

 dent. Dr. J. .S. Haldane, F.R.S. ; report of committee on 

 the metabolic balance sheet of the individual tissues ; report 

 of committee on the efTect of climate upon health and 

 disease ; report of committee on the ductless glands. Sep- 

 tember 4 : Discussion on mental and muscular fatigue, 

 opened by Dr. W. MacDougall, followed by Prof. J. S. 

 ^IacDonald, Prof. T. H. .Milroy (colour fatigue), Mr. 

 H. .Sackville Lawson (some aspects of mental fatigue, 

 measurements by sesthesiometer) ; report of committee on 

 body metabolism in cancer; report of committee on the 

 electrical phenomena and metabolism of arum spadices. 

 September 7 : Joint meeting with Section D. Papers 

 promised for joint meeting : Bionomics of tsetse-flies, 

 R. Newstead ; cultures of amteba. Dr. J. W. Stephens; 

 on the action of atoxy! and allied compounds ih vivo 

 and in vitro, Dr. M. Nierenstcin ; on the life-history 

 of piroplasma canis. Dr. A. Breinl and Mr. Hindle; phar. 

 macological treatment of trypanosomiasis. Prof. B. Moore ; 

 the action of acids and alkalies on the growth and division 

 of animal and vegetable cells. Prof. B. Morre and Dr. 

 H. E. Roaf ; digestive enzymes of invertebrates. Dr. H. E. 

 Roaf. September 8 : Discussion on instruction of school 

 teachers in physiology and hvgienr. opened hv Prof. C. S. 

 Sherrington. F.R.S., followed by Prof. W. H. Thompson 

 and Prof. I'. Gotch, F.R.S. Other papers (dates not yet 

 arranged) : Localisation of the brain in lemurs. Prof. 

 W. H. Wilson and Prof. G. Elliot Smith, F.R.S. ; localisa- 

 tion of the human cerebral cortex and the nature of sulci. 

 Prof. G. Elliot Smith. F.R.S. ; the functions of salts in 

 metabolism — a request for information. Prof. H. E. .Arm- 

 strong, F.R.S. ; the relationship of the fundic to the pyloric 

 part of the stomach, Dr. E. P. Cathcart. Arrangements 

 will be made for demonstrations in the physiological labora- 

 torv of Trinity College. 



Section K (Bot.\ny). — The presidential address will deal 

 with the manifestations of the fundamental quantitative 

 laws of physical chemistry in the living organism. Physio- 

 logical cominunications are expected from Prof. Dixon, of 

 Dublin, on the ascent of water in wood ; from Prof. Bose, 

 of Calcutta, on the mechanical and electrical responses of 

 plants (with demonstrations) ; and from several workers in 



