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Correspondinr/ Societies Committee. — Report of the Committee, con* 

 sisting of Mr. W. Whitaker (Chairman), Mr. F. W. Rudler 

 (Secretary), Sir John Evans, Rev. J. 0. Bevan, Dr. Horace T. 

 Brown, Dr. Vaughan Cornish, Dr. J. G. Garson, Mr. T. V. 

 Holmes, Mr. J. Hopkinson, Professor R. Meldola, Dr. H. R. 

 Mill, Mr. C. H. Read, Rev. T. R, R. Stebbing, and Professor 

 W. W. Watts. (Drawn up hij the Secretari/.) 



The Corresponding Societies Committee have to report tliat at their 

 suggestion, since the last meeting, the Council of the British Associa- 

 tion have resolved to recommend to the General Committee that 

 the work at present entrusted to the Secretaries of the Sectional Com- 

 mittees under Rule 10 (p. xxxvii of the last Report) shall henceforth 

 devolve upon the Organising Committees. The eifect of this alteration 

 will be that the Organising Committee of each Section will transmit to 

 the Secretaries of Sections, and through these to the Secretaries of the 

 Conference of Delegates, any recommendations bearing upon matters in 

 which the co-operation of the Corresponding Societies is desired. It is 

 hoped that by this means the Organising Committees will specify what 

 local work can be usefully undertaken by the Corresponding Societies, 

 with the view of assisting the various scientific Committees of the Asso- 

 ciation. 



The Council of the Association, at the instance of a Committee Avhich 

 they appointed to consider the relation of the Corresponding Societies to 

 the Association, have directed that an official invitation should be ad- 

 dressed to the various Societies, through the Corresponding Societies 

 Committee, asking them to appoint standing British Association Sub- 

 Committees to be elected by themselves with the object of dealing witli 

 all those subjects of investigation common to their Societies and to the 

 British Association Committees, and to look after the general interests of 

 science and scientific education throughout the provinces and provincial 

 centres. 



For further consideration of these subjects a Conference was held on 

 June 24 between the Committee of Council and the Corresponding 

 Societies Committee, when it was decided that the questions raised in 

 the Report of the Committee of Council should be brought forward for 

 discussion at the Conference of Delegates at Southport. 



The following circular-letter was accordingly addressed to the Presi- 

 dents, Secretaries, and Delegates of the various Corresponding Societies : — 



' Burlington House, London, W., 



'June 24, 1903. 



' Dear Sir, — We are directed by the Council of the British Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science to suggest to your Society the advan- 

 tage of securing closer co-operation with the CoiTesponding Societies 

 Committee by the appointment of a Special Committee to deal Avith such 

 subjects of investigation as are common to your Society and to the Com- 

 mittees of the British Association. Such an organisation, it is believed, 

 might be of great use in creating and sustaining local interest in scientific 

 work and in increasing the scientitic activity of your Society. 



1903. II H 



