CXXiV REPORT—1899, 
General Meetings. 
On Wednesday, September 13, at 8 p.m.,in the Connaught Hall, Dover, 
Sir William Crookes, F.R.S., V.P.C.S., resigned the office of President to 
Sir Michael Foster, K.C.B., Sec.R.S., who took the Chair, and delivered 
an Address, for which see page 3. 
On Thursday, September 14, at 8.30 p.m., a Soirée took place in the 
School of Art. 
On Friday, September 15, at 8.30 p.m.,in the Connaught Hall, Pro- 
fessor Charles Richet delivered a discourse on ‘ La Vibration Nerveuse.’ 
On Saturday, September 16, members of the Association Frangaise 
pour l’Avancement des Sciences visited the British Association at Dover. 
On Monday, September 18, at 8.30 p.m., in the Connaught Hall, 
Professor Fleming, F'.R.S,, delivered a discourse on ‘The Centenary of 
the Electric Current.’ 
On Tuesday, September 19, at 8.30 p.m., a Soirée took place in the 
Granville Gardens. 
On Wednesday, September 20, at 11 a.m., in the Connaught Hall, the 
concluding General Meeting took place, when the Proceedings of the 
General Committee and the Grants of Money for Scientific Purposes were 
explained to the Members. 
The Meeting was then adjourned to Bradford. [The Meeting is 
appointed to commence on Wednesday, September 5, 1900.] 
On Thursday, September 21, members of the Association visited the 
Association Francaise at Boulogne. 
