EEPOETS 



ON THE 



STATE OF SCIENCE 



Report of the Corresponding Societies Committee, consisting of Mr. 

 Francis Galton {Chairman), Professor A. W. Williamson, Sir 

 Douglas Galton, Professor Boyd Dawkins, Sir Eawson Rawson, 

 Dr. J. G. Garson, Sir John Evans, Mr. J. HopkinsOxY, Professor 

 R. Meldola {Secretary), Professor T. G. Bonney, Mr. W. 

 Whitaker, Mr. G. J. Symons, General Pitt-Rivers, Mr. W. 

 ToPLEY, and Mr. T. V. Holmes. 



The Corresponding Societies Committee of the British AssociatiOli begs 

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

 proceedings of the Conference held at Cardiff. 



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

 G. Garson, Vice-Chairman, and Professor R. Meldola, F.R.S., Secretary 

 to the Conference. These nominations were confirmed by the General 

 Committee at the meeting held at Cardiff on Wednesday, August 19. 

 The meetings of the Conference were held on Thursday, August 20, at 

 3.30 P.M., and on Tuesday, August 25, at 1 p.m., in the Dumfries Street 

 Proprietary School. The following thirty-six Delegates were nominated 

 by the Corresponding Societies as their representatives at the Cardiff 

 Meeting : — 



Rev. H. H. Winwood, M.A., F.G.S. Bath Natural History and Antiquarian 



Field Club. 



Mr. John Brown .... Belfast Natural History and Philosophi- 

 cal Society. 



Mr. William Gray, M.E.I.A. . . Belfast Naturalists' Field Club. 



Mr. C. J. Watson .... Birmingham Natural History and Micro- 

 scopical Society. 



Mr. J. Kenward, F.S.A. . . Birmingham Philosophical Society. 



Prof. A. Leipner .... Bristol Naturalists' Society. 



Mr. Peter Price "] 



Mr. T. H. Thomas \ . . . Cardiff Naturalists' Society.' 



Dr. C. T. Vachell J 



Mr. M. H. Mills, F.G.8. . . . Chesterfield and Midland Counties Insti- 

 tution of Engineers. 



' Three Delegates appointed under the rule which empowers a Society having its 

 headquarters in the place of meeting to nomhiate this nuinber of representatives. 



