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ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT, ProressoR WILLIAM Barsson, M.A.,F.RS. 3 
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REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE OF DELEGATES OF CORRESPONDING SOCIFIIES 722 
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LIST OF PLATES. 
Puate I.—Illustrating the Report on Seismological Investigations. 
Prats H,—Illustrating the Report on the Upper Old Red Sandstone of Dura Den. 
Puates III, anp [V.—Illustrating the Report on Belmullet Whaling Station. 
Pirate V.—Illustrating Dr. Lyman Briggs’ Paper on Dry-Farming Investiga- 
tions in the United States. 
Puare VI.—Illustrating Prof. H. E. Armstrong’s Remarks on the Structure of 
Atoms and Molecules. 
Puate VII.—Illustrating Prof. W. J. Pope’s Address to the Chemistry Section. 
