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liad been taken from one island on the west coast of Ireland and given to 

 one dealer. 



Mr. E. B. Poulton (Oxford) said that if they discouraged the purchase 

 of eggs, the trade of the dealer would soon cease. 



Mr. G. J. Symons said it was an old saying that there would be no 

 thieves if there were no receivers ; and possibly there would be no dealers 

 if there were no collectors. They should discourage as much as they 

 could this spoliation of the nests of rare birds. 



Mr. Mills (Chesterfield) thought it would do good if some small recog- 

 nition were given to gamekeepers to assist in protecting the nests of 

 the birds. 



The Chairman asked if it would not strengthen the hands of Mr. 

 Knubley if the meeting was to pass some resolution on the subject. 



Sir Douglas Galton hoped any resolution of the kind would make an 

 appeal to egg-collectors. 



Section E. 



The Chairman remarked that last year there had been a discussion on 

 the cost and age of ordnance maps ; also on the teaching of geography in 

 primary schools. 



Sir Douglas Galton said that a departmental committee on the subject 

 of ordnance maps had been appointed, and he had been informed by Sir 

 Archibald Geikie that its report would soon be published, and that it 

 would be the means of removing many of the difficulties complained of. 

 It was, of course, no use discussing the matter before the publication of 

 the report. 



Mr. Eli Sowerbutts did not expect much from this departmental 

 report, and had little information to offer about the teaching of geo- 

 graphy in schools, as he had not had a reply from a single society. But 

 there had been an examination about India in the upper schools of 

 Yorkshire, Cheshire, and Lancashire. Three hundred pupils only asked 

 for papers, and out of 103 who sat three passed. A Cheshire girl of 

 fourteen was first, a Yorkshire man of thirty-one second, and a Yorkshire 

 lad third. This examination amply demonstrated the extreme badness 

 of the teaching of geography in these schools. He would be glad if the 

 delegates would try and help them next year. The examination would be 

 in Yorkshire, and they would go back to the primary schools. 



Section G. 



Flameless Explosives. — Professor Merivale said he had nothing to 

 report. The Durham strike had interfered with their arrangements, the 

 proposed laboratories having been utilised as stables. 



Section H. 



Dr. Garson reported that there had been no applications to the Com- 

 mittee last year for aid in connection with anthropological exploration. 

 He contended, however, that local bodies, when they meant to make such 

 explorations, should give them notice. Valuable hints could be given 

 them as to how they should proceed. Local committees intending to 

 explore ancient dwellings, burial places, &c., should communicate with 



