57-1 iiEPORT— 1900. 



Korfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society Clement Raid, F.R.S. 



North of England Institute of Mining and M. Walton Brown. 



Mechanical Engineers 



Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle- Professor M. C. Potter, F.L.S. 



upon-lyne Natural History Society 



Nottingham Naturalists' Society . . Professor J. W. Carr, F.L.S. 



North Staffordshire Field Club . . . R. Hornby, M.A., F.C.S. 



Perthshire Society of Natural Science . A. M. Rodger. 



Rochdale Literary and Scientific Society . J. R. Ashworth, B.Sc. 



Rochester Naturalists' Club . . , Dr. G. Abbott. 



Scotland, Mining Institute of . . . James Barrowman. 



South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, F.R.S. 



Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club . . Rev. J. O. Bevan, M.A. 



Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic AVm. Gregson, F.G.S. 



Society 



Yorkshire Naturalists' Union . . , Harold Wager, F.L.S. 



First Conference, Bradford, September 6, 1900. 



The Corresponding Societies Committee were represented by Prof. 

 E. B. Poulton (Chairman), Rev. J. O. Bevan, Dr. Garson, Mr. J. Hopkin- 

 son, and Mr, T. V. Holmes (Secretary). 



The Report of the Corresponding Societies Committee, a copy of which 

 was in the hands of every Delegate present, was taken as read. 



The Chairman remarked that all present must have received the 

 agenda paper, and have noted that the subject for discussion that day 

 consisted of two resolutions which had been brought forward by the 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. In the Report then circulated there were 

 comments bearing on the subjects of these resolutions which the 

 Committee wished should be discussed thoroughly on that occasion. 



The resolutions were : — 



1. That the Conference of Delegates be allowed to meet on the first 

 day of the British Association Meeting, and make their own arrangements 

 for subsequent meetings and order of business. 



2. That it is desirable, in order to make the discussions of the 

 Conference of Delegates more useful to the local Societies, that they 

 should have the power of deciding the subjects for discussion at the 

 meetings of the Conference, and it is suggested, therefore, that a circular 

 be sent by the Committee every year to each of the Corresponding 

 Societies, asking them to send a list of subjects for discussion (not more 

 than two or three) at the forthcoming meetings. The Committee then 

 to send to the Corresponding Societies a schedule containing the titles of 

 all the subjects proposed for discussion, asking each Society to mark such 

 of these subjects as it deems most desirable to discuss at the Conference 

 meetings. On receipt of this information the Committee will then 

 arrange the list of subjects in order of precedence as indicated by the 

 support given to each subject by the Societies ; and a copy of this should 

 be sent to the Delegates or Societies as an agenda paper before the first 

 meeting of the Delegates. 



Mr. Harold Wager, representing the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, 

 which comprises a large number of local Societies, said that the Union 

 had called together a committee consisting of a number of their more 

 prominent members, and they had formulated the two resolutions, copies 

 of which had been distributed. It was considered most important that 

 the representatives of the local Societies should, if possible, themselves 



