xlviii GENERAL MEETINGS. 
GENERAL MEETINGS AT BIRMINGHAM. 
On Wednesday, September 10, at 8.30 p.m., in the Central Hall, a 
communication was read from Sir E. A. Schafer, F.R.S., who was 
unavoidably absent, resigning the office of President to Sir Oliver J. 
Lodge, F.R.S., who took the Chair and delivered an Address, for which 
see p. 3. 
bn Thursday, September 11, at 8.30 p.m., the Lord Mayor held a 
Reception and Conversazione in the Council House and Art Gallery. 
On Friday, September 12, at 8.30 p.m., in the Central Hall, Sir H. H. 
Cunynghame, K.C.B., delivered a Discourse on ‘ Explosions in Mines and 
the means of preventing them.’ 
On Monday, September 15, Evening Entertainments were given by the 
Local Committee in the Prince of Wales’ Theatre (Opera), the Repertory 
Theatre, and the Picture House. 
On Tuesday, September 16, in the Central Hall, Dr. A. Smith Wood- 
ward, F.R.S., delivered a Discourse on ‘ Missing Links among Extinct 
Animals.’ 
On Wednesday, September 17, at 3 p.m., the concluding General 
Meeting was held in the Midland Institute, when the following 
Resolutions were adopted :— 
1. That the cordial thanks of the Association be given to the Right 
Hon. the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of Birmingham for 
the hearty welcome accorded to this Meeting, and to the citizens for their 
generous hospitality. 
2. That a cordial vote of thanks be extended to the governing bodies 
of the University of Birmingham and other Institutions for their kind- 
ness in placing their buildings and resources at the disposal of the 
Association. 
3. That a cordial vote of thanks be extended to the ladies and gentle- 
men who, in the kindest manner, gave themselves personal trouble in 
the reception of members of the Association, both in connection with 
excursions and also private garden parties and other receptions ; and to 
the firms which generously threw open their works to members of the 
Association. 
4, That a cordial vote of thanks be given to the Honorary Local 
Officers, to the Executive Committees, and to the members of the General 
Committee for the admirable arrangements made for the Meeting. 
OFFICERS OF SECTIONAL COMMITTEES PRESENT AT 
THE BIRMINGHAM MEETING. 
SECTION A.—MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE.* 
President.—Dr. H. F. Baker, F.R.S. Vice-Presidents.—Prof. R. 8. Heath, 
D.Se. ; Prof. E. W. Hobson, F.R.S.; Prof. J. H. Poynting, F.R.S.; R. Threlfall, 
F.R.S.; Prof. A. W. Porter, F.R.S.; Prof. H. H. Turner, F.R.S.  Secretaries.— 
Prof. P. V. Bevan, Se.D. (Recorder); Prof. A. S. Eddington, M.Se.; E. Gold, 
M.A.; Dr. H. B. Heywood; Dr, A. O. Rankine; Dr. G. A. Shakespear. 
* The name of Prof. J. E. A. Steggall was omitted in error from the list of Vice- 
presidents of this Section in the Report of the Dundee Meeting, 1912. 
