Xlvi REPORT 1871. 



OFEICEES OF SECTIONAL COMMITTEES PRESENT AT THE 

 EDINBURGH MEETING.. 



SECTION A. MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS. 



P/-esiVfe;«f.— Professor P. G. Tait, F.R.S.E. 



Vice-Presidents. — Professor J. C. Adams, F.R.S. ; Professor Cayley, F.R.S. ; Rev. 

 Professor Challis, F.R.S. ; J. P. Gassiot, D.C.L., F.R.S. ; Professor R. Grant, 

 LL.D., F.R.S. ; Dr. Joule, D.C.L., F.R.S. ; Professor J. Clerk Maxwell, LL.D., 

 F.R.S. ; Professor W. J. M. Rankine, LL.D., F.R.S. L. and E. ; Dr. Spottiswoode, 

 F.R.S. ; Rev. Professor Kelland, F.R.SS. L. and E. ; Professor Stokes, D.C.L., 

 F.R.S. ; Professor Sylvester, LL.D., F.R.S. 



iS'ec/-e!;«/-je.s.— Professor W. G. Adams, F.G.S. ; J. T. Bottomlev, M.A., F.C.S. ; 

 Professor W. K. Clifford, M.A. : Professor J. D. Everett, F.R.S.E. : Rev. R. 

 Harley, F.R.S. 



SECTION B. CHEMISTEY AND MINERALOGY, INCLrDING THEIR APPLICATIONS TO 



AGRICULTURE AND THE ARTS. 



P/-esj(feM!!.— Professor T. .^jidrevs's, M.D., F.R.SS. L. and E. 



Vice-Presidmits. — Professor Abel, F.R.S.; Professor Apjohn, F.R.S.; Professor 



Criim Brown, M.D., F.R.S.E. ; Dr. Ronalds, F.R.S.E. ; Professor H. E. Roscoe, 



F.R.S. ; Dr. J. Stenhouse, F.R.S. ; James Young, F.R.S.E. 

 Secretaries.— J. Y. Buchanan, F.R.S.E.; W. N. Hartley; T. E.Thorpe, F.R.S.E. 



SECTION C. GEOLOGY. 



President. — Professor Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., F.G.S. 



Vice-Presidents.— Dr. J. Bryce, F.R.S.E., F.G.S. ; Thomas Davidson, F.R.S. ; Su- 



Richard Griffith, Bart., F.R.S. ; Professor Harkuess, F.R.S. ; D. Milne Home, 



F.R.S.E. ; J. Can-ick Moore, F.R.S. ; WiUiam PengeUy, F.R.S. ; J. Prestwich, 



F.R.S., Pres. G.S. Loud. ; Professor J. Young, M.D. 

 Secretaries.— B.. Etheridge, F.R.S., F.G.S.; J. Geikie, F.R.S.E.; T. M 'Kenny 



Hughes, M.A., F.G.S.; L. C. Miall. 



SECTION D. BIOLOGY. 



President. — Professor Allen Thomson, M.D., F.R.SS. L. and E. 



Vice-Presidents. — Professor WvviUe Thomson, F.R.S. ; Professor W. Tm-ner, 

 M.B., F.R.S.E. ; Professor "Owen, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. ; Professor Huxley, 

 LL.D., F.R.S.; Dr. Beddoe; Dr. Hughes Bennett; Dr. Carpenter, LL.D., 

 F.R.S. ; Dr. Shai-pey, F.R.S. 



Secretaries.— Dx. T. R. Eraser, F.R.S.E. ; Dr. Arthur Gamgee, F.R.S.E. ; E. Ray 

 Lankester, B.A. ; Professor Lawson, M.A. ; H. T. Staintou, F.R.S. ; C. Staui- 

 landAVake, Dir. A. I.; Dr. W. Rutherford, F.R.S.E.; Dr. Kelburne Eing. 



SECTION E. GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY. 



JVesK7«fi;.— Colonel H. Yule, C.B., F.R.G.S. 



Vice-Presidents.— '&IV Walter Elliot, K.C.S.L ; Sir Arthur Phayre, K.C.S.L; 



Major-General Sir Andrew Waugh, F.R.S. ; Dr. Rae, M.D. ; Admiral Sir 



Edward Belcher, K.C.B. ; Sir James ^Uexander, K.C.M.G. 

 Secretaries. — Clements R. Markham, C.B., Sec. R.G.S. ; A. Buchan. F.R.S.E. : 



J. H. Thomas, F.R.G.S.; A. Keith Johnston, F.R.G.S. 



SECTION F. ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. 



President. — Lord Neaves. 



Vice-Presidents. — The Lord Advocate, Sir John Bowring, K.C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S. ; 

 Samuel Brown, Baron Eotvos, of Pesth ; Edward S. Gordon, M.P. ; Sir Alex- 

 ander Grant, Bart. ; Sir Willoughby Jones, Bart. ; James Heywood, M.A., 

 F.R.S. ; Duncan M'Laren, [M.P. ; Sir William Stirling Maxwell, Bart. ; Lvon 

 Playfair, M.P., LL.D. ; W. NeHson Hancock, LL.D. ; General Sir Andrew Scott 

 Waugh, K.C.B., F.R.S. 



Secretaries. — J. G, Fitch, M.A. ; James Meikle, F.I.A., F.S.S. 



