xlvi : —) - REPORT—1874.- 
OFFICERS OF SECTIONAL COMMITTEES PRESENT AT THE 
BELFAST MEETING. 
SECTION A.— MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS. 
President.—Rey. Professor J. H. Jellett, M.A., MR.LA. 
Vice-Presidents.—Professor W. K. Clifford, 'M. A., F.R.S.; Professor Everett, 
D.C.L., F.R.S.E.; Professor F. Fuller, M. As, ERS. E; Professor J. Clerk 
Maxwell, E.R.S. 5 ’ Professor Purser, M.A., MR.LA.; G. Johnstone Stoney, 
E.R.S. 
Secretaries—J. W. LL. Glaisher, M.A., F.R.A.S.; Professor Herschel, B.A., 
F.R.A.S. ; Randal Nixon M.A.; J. Perry, B.E.; G. F. Rodwell, F.R.AS., F.C. s 
SECTION B.—CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY, INCLUDING THEIR APPLICATIONS TO 
AGRICULTURE AND THE ARTS. 
President.—Professor A. Crum Brown, M.D., F.R.S.E., F.C.S. 
Vice-Presidents—1. Lowthian Bell, F.R.S.; Dr. Debus, F.R.S., F.C.S.; Professor 
Gladstone, F.R.S.; Professor Hodges, M. D., F.C.8.; Professor Liveing ; Pro- 
fessor Odling, F.R. ’S.; Professor Roscoe, FR. S.; Professor Maxwell Simpson, 
M.D., F.R. S, F.C.8.; Professor Williamson, F. R. S.; James Young, F.R.S. 
Secretaries.—Dr. T. Cranstoun Charles, F.C.S.; W. Chandler Roles, F.C.S 
Professor Thorpe, F.R.S.E. 
SECTION 0.—GEOLOGY. 
President.—Professor Hull, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.8. 
Vice-Presidents—The Earl of Enniskillen, F.R.S.; Professor Geikie, F.R.S., 
FE.G.S8. ; Professor Harkness, F.R.S., F.G.S.; Dr. Oldham, F.R.S. ; W. Pengelly, 
E.R.S. 
Secretaries.—F. Drew, F.G.S.; L. C. Miall; R. G. Symes, F.G.S.; Ri H. Tidde- 
man, F.G.S, 
SECTION D.—BIOLOGY. 
President.—Professor Redfern, M.D. 
Vice-Presidents—Dr. Hooker, C.B., D.C.L., Pres.R.S.; Sir W. R. Wilde, M.D., 
M.R.LA. ; J. Gwyn Jeffreys, LI: D;, HER: ’g. , ELS. ; a. Bentham, F.R.S. ; ; Pro- 
fessor Cleland, F.R.S.; Professor E. Perceval Wright, E.LS. ; P. L, Sclater, 
RS. 3 bo ofessor Macalister ; ; Colonel Lane Fox. 
Secretaries. —W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, M.A., B.Sc. F.L.8.; R. O. Cunningham, 
M.D., F.L.S.; Dr. J. J. Charles, WM. A} Dr, P. H. Pye- Smith ; deods Murphy ; 
FW. Rudler, E.G.S, 
SECTION E.—GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY. 
President.—Major Wilson, R.E., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. 
Vice-Presidents.—John Ball, F. R. She Sir Walter Elliot, G.C.S.I.; J. A. Henderson, 
J.P., Mayor of Belfast ; Admiral Ommanney, C.B., E.R.G. S45 ’ Colonel Playfair, 
FRG. 8., H.B.M. Consul-General at Algiers ; the Rey. G. Leslie Porter, D.D., 
LL.D. ; Major- -General Strachey, F.R.S., F.R.G.S. 
pera ie.—h, G. Rayenstein, F.R.G. 8., F.S.8.; E. C. Rye, F.Z.8., Librarian 
R.G 
SECTION F.—ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. 
President.—Lord O'Hagan. 
Vice-Presidents,—General Sir James Alexander, K.C.B., F.R.S.E.; Edward Bar- 
rington, J.P.; R. Dudley Raxter, F.8.S. ; Samuel Brown, FSS.; Rev. Dr, 
Campbell ; Sir George Campbell, K.C.S.1.; the Right Rey. the Bishop of Edin- 
burgh ; the Mayor of Belfast ; William Farr, M.D., F.R.S., D.C.L. ; John Han- 
cock, ip P.; James Heywood, M. Ag EVR.S. .T. B. Spraoue, M. A.; » Rev. Robinson 
Scott, 1) D.; Lord Waveney. 
Secretaries. Professor Donnell, M.A. ; Frank P. Fellows, F.8.S. ; Hans MacMordie, 
M.A, 
SECTION G.—MECHANICAL SCIENCE. 
IER esident. —Professor James Thomson, LL.D., C.E. 
Fice-Presidents.—H. Bauerman, F.G. S.; F, J. Bramwell, C.E., F.R.S.; P. le Neve 
Foster, M.A.; Professor G. Fuller, CE; ; Sir Charles Lanyon, CE.” 
Secretar jes—A. T. Atchison, M.A., O.E.; J. N. Shoolbred, 0.E., .7.G.8,: John 
Smyth, jun., M.A., C.F 
