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REPORTS 
ON THE 
STATE OF SCIENCE. 
Corresponding Societies.— Report of the Comittee, consisting of 
Professor R. MELDOLA (Chairman), Mr. T. V. HOLMES (Secretary), 
Mr. Francis GALTON, Sir DotGLas GALTonN, Sir Rawson Rawson, 
Mr. G. J. Symons, Dr. J. G. Garson, Sir JoHn Evans, Mr. J. 
Hopkinson, Professor T. G. BonNEy, Mr. W. WuitTaker, Professor 
E. B. Poutron, Mr. CuTHBpert PEEK, and Rev. Canon H. B. 
TRISTRAM. 
Tue Corresponding Societies Committee of the British Association beg 
leave to submit the following Report of the Conference held at 
Liverpool. 
The Council intended to nominate Mr. W. Whitaker, F.R.S., Chairman 
of the Liverpool Conference, but, owing to serious illness, Mr. Whitaker 
was unable to be present, and Dr. Garson was nominated in his place. 
Mr. T. V. Holmes was nominated Secretary to the Conference. 
The meetings of the Conference were held in St. George’s Hall, in the 
Small Concert Room, on ee September 17, and in the Crown 
Court on Tuesday, September 22, at 3.30 p.m. The following Corre- 
sponding Societies nominated as delegates to represent them at the Liverpool 
meeting :— 
Belfast Naturalists’ Field Club. : William Gray, M.R.1.A. 
Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Alexander Tate, M.Inst.C.E. 
Society 
Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club . ‘ Wm. T. Hindmarsh, F.L.S. 
Birmingham Natural History and Philo- Charles Pumphrey. 
sophical Society 
Bristol Naturalists’ Society : : . Professor 8. Young, F.R.S. 
Buchan Field Club . . John Gray, B.Sc. 
Burton-on-Trent Natural History and Philip B. Mason, F.L.S. 
Archeological Society 
Caradoc and Severn Valley Field Club . W. W. Watts, M.A., F.G.S. 
Cardiff Naturalists’ Society , E. W. Small. 
Chester Society of Natural Science and Osmund W. Jeffs. 
Literature 
Chesterfield and Midland Counties Institu- M. H. Mills, F.G.S. 
tion of Engineers 
