5?5 REPORT— 1900. 



Conference the Bi'itisih Association Committee should receive a feport 

 from each of the Societies, and at the next meeting the Delegates should 

 have an opportunity of making suggestions. At the opening Conference 

 the British Association Committee should learn how far the local 

 organisations were competent to conduct the investigations put before 

 them by the Association. At the second the Delegates should consult 

 among themselves as to the best way in which any deficiencies pointed 

 out at the first meeting might be remedied. 



Mr. Eli Sowerbutts remarked that the Delegates had not hitherto had 

 sufficient opportunities of becoming acquainted with each other. He had 

 been a Delegate about fifteen years, and knew, perhaps, four of the other 

 Delegates. It was seldom that the same Delegate came year after year. 

 He thought the simplest thing would be to pass the first resolution and to 

 omit the second, though somewhat doubtful whether the result of passing 

 the first resolution would be of any importance. But he wished a room 

 to be recognised during the meetings of the Association as one in which 

 the Delegates might meet informally, sit, chat, or write their letters 

 betvveen the formal Conferences. The Societies they represented might 

 then combine for mutual assistance, and they, the Delegates, might also 

 more efficiently aid the work of the Association. 



Mr. T, V. Holmes wished to call attention to the paragraph at the 

 bottom of the third page of the Report in their hands : ' The Committee 

 agree that it is desiralile, when possible, that a room shall be provided 

 at the Bradford and other future meetings of the Association in which 

 Delegates may meet, become acquainted with each other, and hold 

 informal discussions between the meetings of the Conference.' He had 

 to add that the room in which they were then assembled was that in 

 Avhich the Delegates might meet at any time. 



Mr. Wager proposed a vote of thanks to the local Committee for 

 providing the room. The motion was seconded by Stafl'-Commander 

 Phillips and carried unanimously. 



Mr. W. Bayley Marshall formally moved that the meetings of the 

 Conference be held as heretofore on Thursday and Tuesday. There 

 would then be fixed days of meeting, and the Delegates could arrange to 

 attend accordingly'. 



Mr. Hembry seconded the motion. He thought it might be possible 

 for the Corresponding Societies Committee to arrange with other Com- 

 mittees that no important business should be transacted elsewhere during 

 the meetings of the Conference. 



The ( 'hairman remarked that they would do their best. 



Mr. Hembry added that Delegates did not always receive communica- 

 tions intended for them which were sent to the Secretaries of local 

 Societies. He thought it would be a good plan to send to the Delegate of 

 this year notices referring to next year, because in all probability the 

 Delegate of this year would be selected next year. If not, he could hand 

 on to his successor the papers he had received. He considered that an 

 addition might be made to the second resolution to the effect that a 

 circular be sent every year to each of the Corresponding Societies and to 

 the Delegate of the present year. 



A Delegate who had been instructed by his Society to support the 

 resolutions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, supposed that the mover 

 of the resolutions did not mind whether their first meeting was on 

 Wednesday or Thursday. An amendment which he desired to move was 



