CXXV111 GENERAL MEETINGS. 



GENERAL MEETINGS AT SHEFFIELD. 



On Wednesday, August 31, at 8.30 p.m., in the Victoria Hall 

 Professor Sir J. J. Thomson, F.R.S., resigned the office of President to 

 the Rev. Professor T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., who took the Chair and delivered 

 an Address, for which see p. 3. 



On Thursday, September 1, at 3.30 p.m., the Executive Committee gave 

 a Garden Party in the Botanical Gai'dens ; and at 8.30 p.m. the Right 

 Hon. the Lord Mayor held a Reception at the Town Hall. 



On Friday, September 2, at 8.30 p.m., in the Victoria Hall, Professor 

 W. Stirling, M.D., delivered a Discourse on 'Types of Animal Movement' 

 (p. 818). 



On Monday, September 5, at 8.30 p.m., in the Victoria Hall, Mr. 

 D. G. Hogarth, M.A., delivered a Discourse on 'New Discoveries about 

 the Hittites ' (p. 824). 



On Tuesday, September 6, at 8.30 p.m., Receptions were held (a) at 

 the University by the Chancellor of the University, and (b) at the Museum, 

 Mappin Art Gallery, and Weston Park by the Reception Committee. 



On Wednesday, September 7, at 3 p.m., the concluding General 

 Meeting was held in the Old Firth College, when the following 

 Resolutions were adopted : — 



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

 poration for the reception which they had accorded to the Association. 



2. That a vote of thanks be given to the Chancellor and Council 

 of the L niversity, the governing bodies which had granted the use of their 

 buildings for the sectional meetings, and the authorities of the institutions 

 and works thrown open to the inspection of the members. 



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

 Committees for the admirable arrangements made for the meeting. 



4. That a vote of thanks be given to the citizens of Sheffield for the 

 generous hospitality shown to the members of the Association during the 

 meeting. 



OFFICERS OF SECTIONAL COMMITTEES PRESENT AT 

 THE SHEFFIELD MEETING. 



SECTION A. — MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 



President.— Prof. E. W. Hobson, F.R.S. Vice-Presidents.— T)v. C. Ohree, 

 F.R.S. ; Dr. R. T. Glazebrook, C.B., F.R.S. ; Prof. W. M. Hicks, F.R.S. ; Prof. 

 H. Lamb, F.R.S. ; Prof. A. H. Leahy, M.A. ; Prof. J. C. McLennan. Secretaries. — 

 Prof. A. W. Porter, B.Sc. (Recorder); H. Bateman, M.A..; A. S. Eddington, 

 M.A.; E. Gold, M.A. ; Dr. F. Horton; Dr. S. R. Milner. 



SECTION B. — CHEMISTRY. 



President. — J. E. Stead, F.R.S. Vice-Presidents. — Prof. H. E. Armstrong, 

 F.R.S.; Prof. J. O. Arnold, D.Met. ; Prof. H. M. Howe, LL.D. ; Prof. Orine 

 Masson, F.R.S. ; Prof. W. P. Wynne, F.R.S. Secretaries.— Dr. E. F. Armstrong 

 (Recorder) ; Dr. T. M. Lowry ; Dr. F. M. Perk'ra ; W. E. S. Turner, M.Sc. 



