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what subjects they wish to have discussed at the Conference of Delegates 

 at Glasgow. To this request only one Society, namely, the Hertfordshire 

 Natural History and Field Club, responded, suggesting for the considera- 

 tion by the Delegates ' The desirability of County Photograpliic Surveys.' 

 As, however, the Delegate nominated by that Society afterwards found 

 that he was unable to be present at Glasgow there was a subsequent 

 request that the consideration of the subject be postponed. The Rev. 

 J. O. Sevan's offer to bring before the Delegates the proposition ' That the 

 Committees of the Corresponding Societies be invited to lay before their 

 members the necessity of carrying on a systematic survey of their 

 counties in respect to ethnology, ethnography, botany, meteorology, 

 ornitliology, archteology, folklore, Ac.,' and Mr. C. H. Read's request to 

 have an opportunity of introducing ' A plea for an Ordnance Map Index 

 of Prehistoi'ic Remains ' were accepted as subjects for discussion at the 

 Conference of Delegates at Glasgow, and notice of the same was sent by 

 the Assistant General Secretary to the Delegates on receipt of their 

 names from the Secretaries of their respective Societies. The question 

 of copyright, which was a topic of discussion at the Conference of Dele- 

 gates at Bradford last year, having been taken up by the Council of the 

 Association, and they having authorised the General Officers of the 

 Association to co-operate with other Societies in regard to the question 

 if a Bill be again brought before Parliament, the Committee have taken 

 no further action in the matter. 



The Marine Biological Association of the West of Scotland and the 

 Haslemere Microscope and Natural History Society were added to the 

 list of Corresponding Societies. The Mining Association and Institute 

 of Cornwall was removed from the list, it having ceased to publish. 



Report of the Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies 

 held at Glasgow, September 1901. 



Mr. F. W. Rudler, F.G.S., Chairman, Mr. W. Whitaker, F.R.S., 

 Vice-Chairman, and Dr. J. G. Garson and Mr. Alexander Somerville, 

 Secretaries. 



The Conferences were held on Thui-sday, September 12, and Tuesday, 

 September 17, at 3 o'clock p.m., in the Medical Jurisprudence Class Room 

 of the University, which was also open to Delegates to meet in at any time 

 of the day during the meeting of the Association. Professor Glaister, 

 moreover, was good enough to place his retiring room adjoining the class 

 room at the disposal of the officers for meetings of Committee. For this 

 indulgence the best thanks of the Committee are due to Professor 

 Glaister. The following Corresponding Societies nominated Delegates to 

 represent them at the Conferences. The attendance of Delegates at the 

 Conferences is indicated by the figures 1 and 2 placed in the margin 

 opposite each Society, the former figure referring to the first Conference, 

 the latter to the second Conference. Where no figure is shown the 

 Society will understand that its Delegate did not attend either of the 

 Conferences, and that it was therefore not repiesented. 



List of Societies sending Delegates. 



Andersonian Naturalists' Society . G. F. Scott-Elliot, M.A., B.Sc. 



1 2 Belfast Naturalists' Field Club . . William Gray, M.R.I.A. 



1 2 Belfast Natural History and Philoso- John Brown. 

 phical Society 



