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Mr. Soweibutts asked whether it was desirable that the Manchester 

 Society sliould collect the results of observations at the observatories, and 

 forward them to the Meteorological Society, and the Chairman replied 

 that it was just one of the things wanted. Mr. Sowerbutts added that, 

 though there were several observatories whose observations were hardly 

 worth having, there was a thoroughly efficient one in the Park, under the 

 Whitworth Trustees, another at St. Bede's, and a third at the Manchester 

 Waterworks. 



Captain Elwes hoped that it might be possible to induce local scientific 

 societies to co-operate for the discovery of flint implements, and the for- 

 mulation of results. He wished that they would make this branch of 

 investigation a more special feature of their work than it was at present. 



Mr. Osmund W. Jeffs, Secretary to the British Association Committee 

 for the Collection and Preservation of Geological Photographs, stated that 

 it had been proposed by the Committee, and adopted by the Council of the 

 British Association, that the photographs collected, should be placed in the 

 Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street. The first part of the collec- 

 tion, consisting of 800 photographs, had already been deposited there, and 

 the rest would be handed over as soon as possible. As, however, a great 

 many parts of the British Isles were still unrepi-esented, it was proposed that 

 they should go on collecting. From some of the eastern counties no pho- 

 tographs whatever had been sent, and on that very day he had been pro- 

 mised some from that neighbourhood. He hoped, therefoi-e, that the 

 delegates would remember that they were still collecting, and would men- 

 tion the fact to their respective societies. 



Mr. De Ranee, after complimenting Mr. Jeffs on the results he had 

 achieved, remarked that it would be a good thing if each society would 

 issue a circular, and send it to other local societies, so that all might know 

 what photographs had been taken in each locality, and were available, 

 and, on the other hand, in what districts photographers were most needed. 



Mr. Sowerbutts dwelt on the very valuable results already attained by 

 Mr. Jeffs, and proposed a hearty vote of thanks to him for his exertions. 

 This vote was seconded by His Honour Deemster Gill. After a few words 

 in support of it from the Chairman it was carried unanimously Mr. Jeffs, 

 in acknowledgment of the vote of thanks, said that they were due rather to 

 the Geological Photographs Committee than to himself personally, and 

 that the work could not have been carried out as it had been but for the 

 active co-operation of a great number of the local societies. 



Mr. J. B. Murdoch (Glasgow) thought that in too many of their 

 investigations Scotland was excluded. He might mention as an example 

 the British Association Committee for recording the position, &c., of the 

 Erratic Blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland. 



Mr. De Eance stated that the Erratic Blocks Committee was formed 

 many years before the meetings of the delegates of the Corresponding 

 Societies began to take place. Any Scottish member of the British 

 Association might have brought the matter before the General Committee 

 and proposed the extension of the work to Scotland. 



Some remarks were made by Mr. Sowerbutts and Mr. G. P. Hughes 

 on Scotland as a nursery of boulders, and the Chairman said that his 

 impression was that many years ago some one suggested the inclusion of 

 Scotland in the labours of the Erratic Blocks Committee, and was 

 answered by a speaker who stated that the Royal Society of Edinburgh 

 was already at work on the subject, and that it would be unwise to 



