CXXX GENERAL MEETINGS. 



GENERAL MEETINGS AT PORTSMOUTH. 



On Wednesday, August 30, at 8.30 p.m., in the Town Hall, the 

 Rev. Professor T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., resigned the office of President to 

 Sir William Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S., who took the Chair and delivered an 

 Address, for which see p. 3. 



On Thursday, August 31, at 2.30 p.m., a visit was made to His Majesty's 

 Dockyard ; and at 8.30 p.m. the Mayor and Mayoress (Alderman and 

 Mrs. T. Scott Foster) held a Reception at the South Parade Pier. 



On Friday, September 1, at 8.30 p.m., in the Town Hall, Mr. Leonard 

 Hill, F.R.S., delivered a Discourse on ' The Physiology of Submarine 

 Work ' (p. 634). 



On Monday, September 4, at 2.15 p.m., members assembled on board 

 H.M.S. Revenge, which proceeded to Spithead and was attacked by torpedo- 

 boats and submarines At 8.30 p.m., in the Town Hall, Professor A. C. 

 Seward delivered a Discourse on ' Links with the Past in the Plant 

 World ' (p. 647). 



On Tuesday, September 5, at 3 p.m., the Mayor and Mayoress gave a 

 Garden Party in Victoria Park. 



On Wednesday, September 6, at 3 p.m., the concluding General 

 Meeting was held in the Town Hall, when the following Resolutions were 

 adopted : — 



1. That the grateful thanks of the Association be given to Alderman 

 T. Scott Foster, Mayor of Portsmouth, for the reception and generous 

 hospitality accorded to its members on the occasion of this meeting. 



2. That a cordial vote of thanks be given to the Commander-in-Chief 

 and men of the Royal Navy for the splendid naval display to which they 

 have treated the members of the Association. 



3. That a cordial vote of thanks be given to the Corporation and 

 citizens of Portsmouth for the reception which they have accorded to the 

 British Association, and to the Directors of the Borough of Portsmouth 

 Waterworks Company, the Portsea Island Gas Light Company, and 

 Corporation Committees for the facilities offered to the members for the 

 inspection of their respective works. 



4. That a cordial vote of thanks be given to the Local Officers and 

 Executive Committees for the admirable arrangements made for the 

 meeting. 



OFFICERS OF SECTIONAL COMMITTEES PRESENT AT 

 THE PORTSMOUTH MEETING. 



SECTION A. — MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 



President— Prof. H. H. Turner, F.R.S. Vice- President ».— Prof. J. 0. Fields ; 

 Prof. W. M. Hiche, F.R.S. ; Prof. A. E. H. Love, F.R.S. ; Dr. W. X. Shaw, 

 F.R.S. ; Prof. F. T. Trouton, F.R.S. Secretaries.— Prof. A. W. Porter, F.Ii S. 

 (Recorder); H. Bateman, M.A. : Dr. P. V. Bevan ; A. S. Eddinetuu, .MA. ; 

 E Gold, M.A. ; P. A. Yapp. 



