OFFICERS OF SECTIONAL COMMITTEES. XXiX 
OFFICERS OF SECTIONAL COMMITTEES PRESENT AT THE 
NEWCASTLE MEETING. 
SECTION A.—MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS. 
President.—W. J. Macquorn Rankine, C.E., F.R.S., L. & E., Professor of Engineer- 
ing in the University of Glasgow. 
Vice-Presidents.—Major-General Sabine, President R.S.; Professor Sylvester, 
F.R.S. ; W. Spottiswoode, M.A., F.R.S., General Treasurer of the British Asso- 
ciation. 
Secretaries.—Professor Stevelly; Rev. C. T. Whitley, M.A.; Professor Fuller ; 
Rey. N. Ferrers, M.A.; Fleeming Jenkin, C.E. 
SECTION B.—CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY, INCLUDING THEIR APPLICATIONS 
TO AGRICULTURE AND THE ARTS. 
President.—Alex. W. Williamson, Ph.D., F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry in Uni- 
versity College, London, President of the Chemical Society. 
Vice-Presidents.—Dr. Andrews; I. L. Bell, Mayor of Neweastle; J. P. Gassiot, 
F.R.S.; Dr. Gladstone, F.R.S.; Professor W. A. Miller, F.R.S, ; Dr. T. Richard- 
son. 
Secretaries.—Professor Liveing, M.A., F.C.S.; H. L. Pattinson; J. C. Stevenson, 
F.C.S, 
SECTION C,— GEOLOGY. 
President.—Warington W. Smyth, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., Professor of Mining and 
Mineralogy at the Royal School of Mines, London. 
Vice- Presidents. W. Binney, F.R.S.; Dr. Falconer, F.R.S.; R. Godwin-Austen, 
F.R.S.; J. Beete Jukes, F.R.S.; Professor Phillips, F.R.S. 
Secretaries—H. F. Boyd; John Daglish, F.G.S,; H. C. Sorby, F.R.S,; Thomas 
Sopwith, F.R.8. 
SECTION D.— ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, INCLUDING PHYSIOLOGY. 
President.—Professor Balfour, M.D., F.R.S. 
Vice-Presidents—Joshua Alder; Albany Hancock, F.L.S.; John Hogg, M.A., 
FE.R.S.; Sir W. Jardine, Bart., F.R.S.; J. Gwyn Jefireys, F.R.S.; Richard 
Owen, D.C.L., F.R.S.; Robert Patterson, F.R.S. 
Secretaries—E. Charlton, M.D.; A. Newton, M.A., F.L.S.; Rey. H. B. Tristram, 
M.A., F.L.S.; E. Perceval Wright, M.D., F.R.C.S.L 
SUB-SECTION D.—PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 
President.—Professor Rolleston, M.D., F.R.S. 
Vice-Presidents—John Davy, M.D., F.R.S.; F. W. Pavy, M.D., F.R.S.; Edward 
Smith, M.D., F.R.S8. 
Secretaries— Dennis Embleton, M.D. ; William Turner, M.B., F.R.S.E. 
SECTION E.—GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY. 
President.—Sir Roderick I. Murchison, K.C.B., G.C.St.S., D.C.L., F.R.S., President 
of the Royal Geographical Society, Director-General of the Geological Survey. 
Vice-Presidents.—J. C. Bruce, LL.D., F.S.A.; J. Crawfurd, F.R.S.; Francis Gal- 
ton, M.A., F.R.S.; Sir John Richardson, M.D., F.R.S.; General Sabine, Pre- 
sident R.S. 
Secretaries.—Clements R. Markham, F.S.A., F.R.G.S.; R. S. Watson; C. Carter 
Blake, F.G.S. ; Hume Greenfield, Assistant-Secretary R.G.S. 
