188 REPORT— 1889. 



Mr. K. G. Durrant .... Marlborough College Natural History 



Society. 



Mr. E. B. Poulton, M.A., F.L.S. . Midland Union of Natural History Socie- 

 ties. 



Prof. G. A. Lebour, M.A., F.G.S. . North of England Institute of Mining 



and Mechanical Engineers. 



Dr. J. T. Arlidge, M.A. . . . North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field 



Club. 



Mr. C. A. Markham . . . Northamptonshire Natural History So- 

 ciety and Field Club. 



Mr. Matthew Blair, F.G.S. . . Paisley Philosophical Institution. 



Mr. Robert Brown, E.N. . . Perthshire Society of Natural Science. 



Mr. H. K. Mill, D.Sc. . . . Royal Scottish Geographical Society. 



Mr. W. Andrews .... Warwickshire Naturalists' and Archeeulo- 



gists' Field Club. 



Mr. J. W. Davis, F.G.S. . . . Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic 



Society. 



Rev. E. P. Knubley, M.A. . . Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. 



At the first Conference the chair was taken by Dr. John Evans, 

 the Corresponding Societies Committee being represented by General 

 Pitt-Rivers, Sir Douglas Galton, Professor Boyd Dawkins, Professor T. 

 G. Bonney, Mr. W. Whitaker, Mr. G. J. Symons, Mr. W. Topley, Dr. 

 Garson, Mr. J. Hopkinson, Mr. W. White, and Professor R. Meldola 

 (Secretary). 



The Chairman moved that in order to save time the Report of the 

 Corresponding Societies Committee to the General Committee, printed 

 copies of which had been distributed among the Delegates, should be 

 taken as read. This was put to the meeting and carried. 



The Delegates were invited to make any statements respecting the 

 work done by the Committees appointed last year, or in connection with 

 other subjects referred to in the Report. 



The Ancient Monuments Act. % 



A discussion with respect to the working of this Act took place, in the 

 course of which Dr. Muirhead pointed out that a Bill was then before 

 Parliament which, if passed, would place the bye-paths in Scotland 

 under the control of a public officer, and he suggested that the ancient 

 monuments might be dealt with in the same way. Dr. Mill stated that 

 the Royal Scottish Geographical Society had appointed a sub-committee 

 to take the matter into consideration. 



The Deemster Gill said that the provisions of the Ancient Monuments 

 Act did not apply to the Isle of Man, but it would doubtless interest the 

 meeting to know that an Act had lately (1886) been passed by the Manx 

 legislature somewhat, though not exactly, on the lines of the Imperial 

 Act for the preservation of ancient monuments, of which there were many 

 of great interest in the island. The Act was permissive only, and owners 

 might place monuments under its protection either permanently or pro- 

 visionally. The monuments which were thus protected were vested in 

 seven trustees, three ex officio and four appointed by the Governor. 

 These trustees resided in different parts of the island, and thus local 

 interest was secured for the different localities. A copy of ^he Manx 

 Act had been forwarded to the Secretary of the Conference. 



Mr. Wm. Gray called attention to the desirability of drawing up cor- 

 rect lists of existing remains, and of having their positions registered on ap- 

 proved maps on a uniform plan and by means of some generally recog- 



