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EEPOBT 1888. 



Mr. Alfred 0. Walker, F.L.S. 

 Eev. J. M. Mello, M.A., F.G.S. 



Mr. T. Gushing 



Mr. J. G. Goodchild, F.G.S. . 



Mr. A. S. Reid, M.A., F.G.S. . 

 Mr. Ealph Richardson, F.E.S.E. 

 Prof. E. Meldola, F.E.S., F.G.S. 

 Mr. D. Gorse Glen, C.E., F.G.S. 



Mr. W. G. Grawford, M.A. . 

 Mr. H. George Fordham, F.G.S. 



Dr. Ogilvie Grant . 



Mr. A. W. Moore, M.A., J.P. . 



Mr. F. T. Mott, F.E.G.S. 



Mr. E. L. Tapscott 



Mr. G. H. Morton, F.G.S. 



Mr. Eli Sowerbutts 



Mr. Mark Stirrup, F.G.S. 



Mr. Henry Wilson, M.A. 



Prof. G. A. Lebour, M.A., F.G.S. . 



Mr. J. T. ArUdge, A.M., M.D. 



Mr. Matthew Blair, F.G.S. . 

 Mr. Robert Pullar, F.E.S.E. . 

 Mr. Hugh E. Mill, D.Sc, F.E.S.E. 

 Mr. J. W. Davis, F.G.S. . 

 Mr. C. P. Hobkirk, F.L.S. . 



Chester Society of Natural Science. 



Chesterfield and Midland Counties Insti- 

 tution of Engineers. 



Croydon Microscopical and Natural His 

 tory Society. 



Cumberland and Westmorland Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Literature 

 and Science. 



East Kent Natural History Society. 



Edinburgh Geological Society. 



Essex Field Club. 



Glasgow Geological Society ; Glasgow 

 Natural History Society. 



Glasgow Philosophical Society. 



Hertfordshire Natural History Society 

 and Field Club. 



Inverness Scientific Society and Field 

 Club. 



Isle of Man Natural History and Anti- 

 quarian Society. 



Leicester Literary and Philosophical 

 Society. 



Liverpool Engineering Society. 



Liverpool Geological Society. 



Manchester Geographical Society. 



Manchester Geological Society. 



Midland Union of Natural History 

 Societies. 



North of England Institute of Mining and 

 Mechanical Engineers. 



North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field 

 Club and Archajological Society. 



Paisley Philosophical Institution. 



Perthshire Society of Natural Science. 



Royal Scottisli Geographical Society. 



Yorkshire Geological Society. 



Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. 



At the first meeting of the Conference the chair was taken by 

 Professor W. Boyd Dawklns, F.R.S. ; the Corresponding Societies Com- 

 mittee being represented by Dr. J. G. Garson and Professor R. Meldola, 

 F.R.S., Secretary. 



The Secretary read the Report of the Corresponding Societies Com- 

 mittee which had been presented to the General Committee of the 

 Association at the meeting on Wednesday, August 31. 



The Chairman called upon the Delegates to make any statements re- 

 specting the action that had been taken by their Societies with reference 

 to the suggestions put forward last year, and which had been embodied 

 in the Report just read. 



Prehistoric Remains Committee. — Mr. J. W. Davis stated that thia 

 Committee had been carrying on its work during the past year, and pro- 

 posed to apply for reappointment. Two reports had been obtained relating 

 to the bronze implements of the East and West Ridings of Yorkshire, 

 and several others had been promised. 



Preservation of Stonehenge. — Dr. Garson stated that the resolution 

 which had been submitted last year to the Delegates at the Birmingham 

 Conference ' had been considered by the Committee of Section H, and 

 having been adopted by it, had been brought before the General Com- 



> Report for 1887, p. 465. 



