EEPOETS 



ON THE 



STATE OF SCIENCE. 



CorresponcUng Societies. — Report of the Committee, cojisistinr/ of 

 Professor K. Meldola {Chairman), Mr. T. V. Holmes {Secretary), 

 Mr. Francis Galton, Sir Douglas G-alton, Sir Rawsox Eawson, 

 Mr. G-. J. Symons, Dr. J. G-. Garson, Sir John Evans, Mr. J. 

 HoPKiNSON, Professor T. G. Bonnev, Mr. W. Whitaker, Professor 

 E. B. PouLTON, Mr. Cuthbert Peek, and Eev. Canon H. B. 

 Tristram. 



The Corresponding Societies Committee of the Britisli Association beg 

 leave to submit to the General Committee the following Report of the 

 proceedings of the Conference held at Ipswich. 



The Council nominated Mr. G. J. Symons, F.R.S., Chairman, Dr. 

 J. G. Garson, Vice-Chairman, and Mr. T. V. Holmes, Secretary to the 

 Ipswich Conference. These nominations were confirmed by the General 

 Committee at the meeting held at Ipswich on \yednesday, September 11. 

 The meetings of the Conference were held at the Co-operative Hall, 

 Ipswich, on Thursday, September 12, and Tuesday, September 17, at 

 3.30 P.M. The following Corresponding Societies nominated as delegates 

 to represent them at the Ipswich meeting : — 



Belfast Natural History and Philosophi- Alexander Tate, M.Inst.C.E. 



cal Society. 



Berwickshire Naturalists' Club . . G. P. Hughes. 



Birmingham Natural History and Philo- J. Kenward, F.S.A., Assoc. M.Inst. 



sophical Society. C.E. 



Buchan Field Club John Gray, B.Sc. 



Burton-on-Trent Natural History and James G. Wells. 



Archteological Society. 



Caradoc and Severn Valley Field Club . W. W. AVatts, F.G.S. 



Chester Society of Natural Science and Osmund W. Jeffs. 



Literature. 



Chesterfield and Midland Counties Insti- M. H. Mills, F.G.S. , M.Inst.C.E, 



tution of Engineers. 



Croydon Microscopical and Natural His- AV^ F. Stanley, F.U.A.S. 



tory Club. 



Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Capt. G. K. Elwes. 



Field Club. 



East Kent Natural History Society . A. S. Roid, M.A., F.G.S. 



East of Scotland Union of Naturalists' Prof. D'Arcy W. Thompson, M.A. 



Societies. 



Essex Field Club . . T. Y. Holmes, F.G.S. 



