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on application to any address sent to Dr. Crosskey, and a few copies 

 of the map are also to be had by those Societies taking part in the 

 work. ' 



Mr. J. W. Davis stated, with respect to the work of the Committee 

 for investigating the source of the Aire, that some five or six years ago 

 Mr. Walter Morrison, M.P., and several members of the Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Union, tried a number of experiments with aniline dyes, 

 similar to that proposed by Professor S. P. Thompson, but they had 

 all failed. 



Mr. Gray made some remarks with reference to the method of induc- 

 ing the Corresponding Societies to take up the work of the various 

 Committees. He thought that much force would be given to the represen- 

 tations made by the Delegates to their Societies if the Committees which 

 required the co-operation of the local Societies would send copies of their 

 reports to and communicate directly with those Societies, pointing out 

 that the work suggested by the Delegate was of real use and likely to be 

 valuable to the Committee in carrying out the objects of the British 

 Association. The Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, for example, had no 

 Committees on Erratic Blocks or on Coast Erosion, but if these Association 

 Committees sent their reports and a request for assistance he felt sure 

 that many members of their Society would be glad to take these 

 matters up. 



The Chairman, Mr. De Ranee, Mr. Hopkinson, and Mr. Corse Glen 

 spoke in favour of Mr. Gray's suggestion. 



Section D. 



Professor Hillhouse stated that no new committees had been appointed 

 this year by their Section which had any bearing on the work of the 

 Corresponding Societies. 



Section E. 



Teaching of Geography in Frimary Schools. — Mr. Sowerbutts said that 

 the Committee of this Section had had under consideration the teaching 

 of geography in primary schools. He had undertaken to draw up a 

 report on this subject with reference to the action of the local authorities, 

 and especially so far as concerned his own district in Lancashire. The 

 object of the report would be to make known how far the Government 

 grant apportioned for technical education or allied purposes was made 

 use of for the teaching of geography. His own experience went to show 

 that the subject was much neglected, and he invited Delegates from other 

 parts of the country to give information by sending in School Board 

 reports or reports of municipal authorities dealing with educational 

 matters, so that he might be able to present a fairly complete report to 

 the Committee next year. He hoped by this means that pressure might 

 be brought to bear upon the Government in order to have justice done 

 to a subject of such importance. 



' The paper referred to appears in the Proceedings of the Birmingham Philoso- 

 phical Society, vol. vii., Part 1., 1890. Dr. Crosskey 's address is 117 Gough Eoad, 

 Birmingham. 



