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REPORT — 1898. 



The Committee note with pleasure that one of their most valued con- 

 tributors has placed many of his negatives in the hands of a dealer, from 

 whom lantern- slides may be obtained. If this example were often followed 

 it would be an easier matter for those who wish to obtain copies of 

 photographs to do so without taxing the good nature of contributors. The 

 Secretary often has to deal with requests from British and foreign geolo- 

 gists who want prints or slides from the photographs placed on these 

 lists. 



Notices of the work of the Committee have appeared in many peri- 

 odicals and journals, including ' Science Gossip,' ' The Practical Photo- 

 grapher,' and ' The Standard,' while ' Nature ' published an account of 

 last year's collection, accompanied by processed reproductions of photo- 

 graphs kindly lent for the purpose by Mr. P. McF. Mure, Mr. Godfrey 

 Bingley, and Mr. R. Welch. 



Series of photographs contributed by the North Staffordshire Natu- 

 ralists' Field Club, the Rochdale Literary and Scientific Society, and the 

 Hull Geological Society, indicate that local societies continue to take a 

 friendly interest in the work, and that in addition to collecting photo- 

 graphs for themselves in their own district, they are willing to help forward 

 the national collection. 



The most important event of the year, from a photographic point of 

 view, is the inauguration of the National Photographic Record Association, 

 under the presidency of Sir J. B. Stone, M.P. The work of this Associa- 

 tion is distinct from that of this Committee, as it is mainly limited tO' 

 records, while the Committee aim at securing typical phenomena as well 

 as records. The Committee will furnisli to the Association each year a 

 list of the photographs of which the Association ought, where possible, to 



