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The results are as follows : — 



5. Geological Photographs Committee. — Four Societies have done work 

 in connection with this Committee — namely, the Leeds Geological Asso- 

 ciation, the Croydon Scientific and Natural History Society, the Belfast 

 Naturalists' Field Club, and the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union ; and two 

 Societies not on the list of Corresponding Societies — namely, the Durham 

 University Philosophical Society and the Geologists' Association of 

 London. 



8. The Ethnographical Photographs Committee have had inquiries from 

 the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society. 



9, The Registration of Negatives of Botanical Photographs Committee 

 have had inquiries from the Manchester Microscopical Society. 



11. Coast Erosion. — Mr. Whitaker reports that inquiries were made 

 about this work by the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club and the East Kent 

 Scientific and Natural History Society. The Report of the Committee 

 mentions that work has been done by the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, 

 the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society, the Belfast Field Club, 

 and the Hull Geological Society. 



12. Record of Bore-holes^ Wells, and Sections. — Mr. Merivale reports 

 that the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers 

 have decided to publish a supplement to their record of shafts, bore-holes, 

 «fec., and have begun to collect information for the purpose. 



15. Archceological Survey of Counties. — Mr, Bevan reports that the 

 Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club are engaged on this work. 



16. Ethnographical Survey. — The Buchan Field Club have been con- 

 tinuing their work and publishing accounts of the results obtained by 

 their members in Scotland. 



17. Botanical Survey of Counties. — Dr. W. G. Smith reports that 

 arrangements have been made to co-operate with the Yorkshire Natu- 

 ralists' Union in a survey of Yorkshire. Assistance has been given by 

 members of Natural History Societies in Huddersfield, Halifax, and 

 Leeds. Information has also been asked regarding the survey by the 

 Brighton and Hove Natural History and Philosophical Society. 



18. Photographic Record of Plants. — Mr. Coomdraswdmy reports that 

 he had an inquiry for information from the Brighton and Hove Natural 

 History and Philosophical Society. 



The work of the Corresponding Societies may be considered to be of 

 two kinds, viz. (1) Educational, by which he meant the diflfusion of 

 scientific knowledge among the members ; (2) Research or investigation 

 for the elucidation of the hitherto unknown. While everyone would agree 

 that all the Corresponding Societies are doing excellent work in the 

 former department, unfortunately those who take part in the latter kind 

 of work are but few comparatively. Yet it is Local Scientific Investigation 

 and publication of the results thereof which the British Association 

 requires of a Society to make it eligible to be placed on the list of the 

 Corresponding Societies. He therefore hoped that the accounts given of 

 the work done during the past year would bring home to many Societies 

 the information wherein their work is defective and stimulate all the 

 Societies to do more. 



Mr. A. O. Walker said that he represented a flourishing society of 

 over 600 members, but none of them were of the leisured class. He 

 thought that from various causes Local Societies were nearly played out. 



