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district visited, and to arrange for the exhibition of the collection durin<^ 

 the meeting. Probably the collection could generally be obtained through 

 the medium of the local Scientific Societies. The Committee have heard 

 with much satisfaction that the Council has acted on this recommenda- 

 tion, and that the Dublin Naturalists' Field Club, at the request of the 

 Local Executive Committee of the forthcoming meeting of the Associa- 

 tion, is preparing for exhibition a large collection in illustration of the 

 natural history and archaeology of the Dublin district. It is hoped that 

 this example will be followed in the future, and that an exhibition of local 

 photographs, systematically arranged, will become a permanent feature of 

 the annual meetings. 



The Committee desire to express the deep regret with which they have 

 learnt of the recent death of Mr. W. Jerome Harrison, who moved the 

 resolution at the Leicester Conference, and who had initiated the dis- 

 cussion on photographic survey-work by the paper which he read to the 

 Delegates at the York Meeting. 



The Committee beg leave to recommend that the Selborne Society 

 and the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union be placed on the list of AffiUated 

 Societies, and that the Bradford Scientific Association and the Hawick 

 Arclijeological Society be added to the roll of Associated Societies. 



Several suggestions with regard to subjects suitable for discussion at 

 the forthcoming Conference of Delegates have been received from the 

 various Corresponding Societies ; and the Committee, having duly con- 

 sidered them, have decided to recommend that the following subjects be 

 brought before the Dublin Conference : — 



'On detailed Natural History Surveys of Restricted Areas, an im- 

 portant work suitable for Local Societies.' To be introduced by 

 Professor G. H. Carpenter, B.Sc. (Dublin). 



' Sanctuaries for our Native Fauna and Flora.' To be introduced by 

 Mrs. Mary Hobson (Belfast). 



' The Advisableness of Re-stocking Haunts whence Fauna and Flora 

 have disappeared.' To be introduced by Mr. H. Davey (Brighton). 



' On Permanent Records of Natural History or other Observations by 

 means of the Card Catalogue System.' To be introduced by Mr. 

 F. A. Bellamy, M.A. (Oxford). 



Professor H. A. Miers, F.R.S., who will preside at the Conference in 

 Dublin, has promised to deliver an introductory address to the Delegates 

 on ' The Educational Opportunities of Local Scientific Societies.' 



The Committee ask to be reappointed, with a grant of 25Z. It may 

 be explained that the annual grant is expended in binding the Proceedings 

 of the Corresponding Societies, in printing and postage, and in obtaining 

 the clerical assistance required for the preparation of the annual Catalogue 

 of Papers selected from the Corresponding Societies' publications. This 

 catalogue, which is of much bibliographical value, is prepared by Mr. 

 H. C. Stewardson, and as the number of Corresponding Societies grows 

 year by year the labour naturally increases. 



The Committee recommend that Mr. W. P. D. Stebbing be nominated 

 as Secretary, in succession to Mr. Rudler, who has resigned, after having 

 held the secretaryship of the Committee since 1902. 



