286 REPORT— 1886. 



Kev.H.W.Crosskey,LL.D.,F.G.S. Birmingham Philosophical Society. 



Mr. R. T. Glazebrook, F.R.S. . Cambridge Philosophical Society. 



Dr. C. Vachell .... Cardiff Naturalists' Society. 



Dr. J. Gilchrist .... Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural His- 

 tory Society. 



Dr. J. Howden .... East of Scotland Union of Naturalists 



Societies. 



Prof. W. Ivison Macadam, F.C.S. Edinburgh Geological Society. 



Prof. R Meldola, F.C.S. . . Essex Field Cluk 



Mr. J. Barclay Murdoch . . Geological Society of Glasgow. 



Dr. John Evans, F.R.S. . . Hertfordshire Natural History Society. 



Mr. Alexander Ross . . . Inverness Scientific Society and Field Club 



Mr. R. L. Tapscott . . . Liverpool Engineering Society. 



Mr. G. H. Morton, F.G.S. . . Liverpool Geological Society. 



Mr. Mark Stirrup, F.G.S. . . Manchester Geological Society. 



Mr. D. Corse Glen, F.G.S. . . Natural History Society of Glasgow. 



Mr. W. D. Spanton, F.R.C.S. . NorthStaffordshireNaturalists' Field Club. 



Mr. Robert Pullar, F.R.S.E. . Perthshire Society of Natural Science. 



Mr. R. G. Hobbes . . . Rochester Naturalists' Club. 



Prof. W. H. Flower, F.R.S. . Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. 



Mr. Coutts Trotter . . . Scottish Geographical Society. 



Mr. Charles P. Hobkirk, F.L.S. . Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. 



At the first meeting, Mr. Francis Galton, F.R.S., in the chair, the 

 Secretary, Prof. R. Meldola, read the first report of the Corresponding 

 Societies Conunittee, which had been presented to the Council, and 

 adopted by the General Committee of the British Association. 



Methods of procedure v^ere then discussed, and explanations as to the 

 functions of the Conference were given by the Chairman and Secretary in 

 reply to questions or otherwise. In accordance with Rule 7, relating to 

 Corresponding Societies, a short discussion took place, at the invitation of 

 the Chairman, respecting the nature of the work which admitted of being 

 taken up by Local Societies. 



At the second meeting, Mr. Francis Galton, F.R.S., in the chair, the 

 recommendations forwarded by the Secretaries of the Sections, in accord- 

 ance with Rule 7, were read to the Delegates : — 



Fkom Section 0. 



Erratic BlocJc Committee. — ' That Pi-ofessors J. Prestwich, W. Boyd 

 Dawkins, T. McK. Hughes, and T. G. Bonney, Dr. H. W. Crosskey, and 

 Messrs. C. E. De Ranee, H. G. Fordham, J. E. Lee, D. Mackintosh 

 W. Pengelly, J. Plant, and R. H. Tiddeman be reappointed a Committee 

 for the purpose of recording the position, height above the sea, litholoo-ical 

 characters, size, and origin of the Erratic Blocks of England, Wales °and 

 L-eland, reporting other matters of interest connected with the same, and 

 taking measures for their preservation ; and that Dr. H. W. Crosskey be 

 the Secretary.' 



Underground Water Committee. — ' That Professor E. Hull, Dr. H. W. 

 Crosskey, Captain Douglas Galton, Professor J. Prestwich, and Messrs. 

 James Glaisher, E. B. Marten, G. H. Morton, James Parker, W. Pengelly 

 James Plant, I. Roberts, Fox Strangways, T. S. Stooke, G. J. Symons' 

 W. Topley, Tylden-Wright, E. Wethered, W. Whitaker, and C. E. De 

 Ranee be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of investigating the 

 Circulation of the Underground Waters in the Permeable Formations of 

 England, and the Quality and Quantity of the Water supplied to various 



