CXXvi GENERAL MEETINGS. 



General Meetings at Dublin. 



On Wednesday, September 2, at 8.30 p.m., in the Great Hall of the 

 Royal University, Sir David Gill, K.C.B., F.R.S., resigned the office of 

 President to Mr. Francis Darwin, M.B., LL.D., F.R.S., who took the 

 Chair and delivered an Address, for which see p. 3. 



On Thursday, September 3, at 8 p.m., a Conversazione was held at 

 Leinster House. 



On Friday, September 4, at 8.30 p.m., in the Great Hall of the 

 Royal University, Professor H. H. Turner, F.R.S., delivered a Discourse 

 on ' Halley's Comet.' 



On Monday, September 7, at 8.30 p.m., in the Great Hall of the Royal 

 University, Professor W. I\I. Davis delivered a Discourse on ' The Lessons 

 of the Colorado Canyon.' 



On Tuesday, September 8, a Garden Party was given by the Local 

 Committee in the Gardens of the Royal Zoological Society. 



On Wednesday, September 9, at 3 p.m., the concluding General 

 Meeting was held in the Royal University Buildings, when the following 

 Resolutions were adopted : — 



1. That a cordial vote of thanks be given to the Lord Mayor and 

 Corporation of the City of Dublin for the reception which they have 

 accorded to the British Association. 



2. That a cordial vote of thanks be given (i) to the Provost and 

 Senior Fellows of Trinity College and to the Senate of the Royal Univer- 

 sity of Ireland ; (ii) to the governing bodies of the public institutions 

 which have granted the use of their buildings for sectional proceedings ; 

 and (iii) to the authorities of the schools and works thrown open to the 

 inspection of the members of the Association. 



3. That a cordial vote of thanks be given to the Local Executive 

 Officers and Committees for the admirable arrangements made for the 

 meetings. 



4. That the grateful thanks of the Association be given to the citizens 

 of Dublin for the generous hospitality shown to its members on the 

 occasion of this meeting. 



OFFICERS OF SECTIONAL COMMITTEES PRESENT AT 

 THE DUBLIN MEETING. 



SECTION A. MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 



President.— V>r. W. N. Shaw, F.Il.S. Vice-Presidents.— Vrot. W. F. Barrett, 

 F.R.S. ; Prof. W. S. Bm-nside, F.T.C.D. ; Prof. C. H. Lees, F.R.S. ; Prof. A. E. H. 

 Love,F.R.S. ; Prof. F. Purser, F.T.C.D. ; Prof. H. H.Turner, F.R.S. Secretaries. 

 —Prof. A. W. Porter, B.Sc. (Recorder) ; Dr. W. Geoffrey Duffield; Dr. L. N. G. 

 Filon ; E. Gold, M.A. ; Prof. J. A. McClelland ; Prof. E. T. Whittaker, F.R.S. 



SECTION B. — CHEMISTRY. 



President. — Prof. F. S. Kipping, F.R.S. Vice-Presidents. — Sir Charles A. 

 Cameron, M.D. ; Prof. W Keel Hartley, F.R.S.; Prof. A. Smithells, F.R.S.; 

 Prof. Sydney Young, F.IC.S. Secretaries. — Dr. E. F. Avmstrong {Recorder) ; Dr. 

 Alex. McKenzie: Dr. I''. M. J'erkin ; Dr. James H. Pollok. 



