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advantage is, however, only nominal when the discussion of questions has 

 to be so ria;orously curtailed that the proceedings are only intelligible 

 to those who are already expert in the particular questions. The 

 restriction of the consideration of Sciences of wide scope to a day, or 

 half a day, discourages the attendance of Members of the Association 

 interested in those Sciences. The influence of the Association would be 

 made more effective and more beneficial, both directly and indirectly, by 

 the rearrangement which we wish to propose. Nothing short of that 

 rearrangement would provide for the adequate representation and discus- 

 sion of the questions which form the subject of papeis before the Section 

 or of proposals befoi'e the Sectional Committee. 



We are, dear Sir David Gill, 



Yours faithfully, 



{Signed) Arthur Schuster. 



H. H. Turner. 

 W. N. Shaw. 

 ,, John Eliot. 



The Council resolved, without prejudice, to remit this proposal to 

 the Organising Committee of Section A, for their consideration and 

 advice. 



XI. The following Invitation from Sheffield for the year 1910 

 will be presented to the General Committee at Dublin, and be supported 

 by a joint deputation representing the City Council and Sheffield 

 University : — 



January 24, 1908. 



Dear Sir, — We are directed by the Sheffield City Council and the 

 Sheffield University to cordially extend to the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, through its Executive Council, an invitation 

 to hold its Annual Meeting in Sheffield in the year 1910. 



Slieffield has an estimated population of 463,222. In addition to 

 the University, the ]\lappin Art Gallery, and several museums, there is 

 the Ruskin Museum at Meersbrook Park. The city is noted for its great 

 steel, iron, and kindred industries, where armour plates, silver and 

 electro plate, cutlery, and other goods are manufactured. 



It is scarcely necessary to add that, should the invitation be 

 accepted, every effort will be made by the representative life of the city 

 to make the Meeting an unqualified success. 



Pray be good enough to bring this invitation before your Executive 

 Council, and at your convenience acquaint us with their decision. 



We are. Yours faithfully, 



[Signed) Harry P. Marsh, Lord Mayor. 



„ Norfolk, Chancellor of the University of 



Sheffield. 



XII. The following Invitation from Portsmouth for the year 1911 

 •will be presented to the General Committee at Dublin, and be supported 

 by a deputation representing the Town of Portsmouth : — 



