OF THE AUSTRALIAN MEETING. 699 
p«leolithic races of Europe with existing hunting tribes—e.g., 
Australian, Bushman, Eskimo—and the early development and rapid 
progress of the human race in the arts. A vote of thanks was pro- 
posed by Dr. Verco, President of the Royal Society of South Australia, 
and seconded by Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S. 
A telegram of welcome to the Association from Mr. Cook, Prime 
Minister of the Commonwealth, was read from the chair: ‘ Heartiest 
of welcomes to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 
and warm felicitations on its first meeting in Australia. We are greatly 
honoured in having as our guests so many distinguished torch-bearers of 
truth, and from so many lands, May the light you bring continue to 
shine through the mists which momentarily have settled upon the 
world.’ 
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Adelaide, Mr. A. A. Simpson, 
held a Reception (in lieu of the Ball which had been arranged) in the 
Exhibition Building. 
Wednesday, August 12.—Sectional Presidential Addresses were 
delivered in the Town Hall :— 
At 10 a.m. Sir Charles P. Lucas, K.C.B., K.C.M.G. (Section E, 
Geography). 
At 11.30 a.m. Mr. A. D. Hall, F.R.S. (Section M, Agriculture, 
Part I). 
Railway Arrangements.—The Overseas Party, accompanied (as it 
was throughout) by a few official and other inter-State Members, left 
Adelaide in the afternoon by three special trains at 2.37, 3.30, and 
6 p.m. Sleeping-berth accommodation was provided on this and all 
subsequent night-journeys for every Member, berths having been pre- 
viously allocated by the organisers, and the Members informed of their 
places by means of the Information Lists. The scheme of these lists 
was broadly the same throughout: thus the Melbourne Information 
List, distributed in Adelaide, contained the following particulars :— 
| No. of Con- | Trains from Albury, | 
August 19 
veyance 8 
No. Name from | agaras 
| Melbourne | No. of Coach and ee 
| Station / Train Compartment 
Melbourne, August 13-19. 
Thursday, August 18.—The special trains arrived at Spencer Street 
Station, Melbourne, shortly before eight o’clock, nine o’clock, and noon 
respectively. 
The business of the Meeting was carried on for the most part in 
the University of Melbourne, the Reception Room being established 
in the Wilson Hall, while the Sectional Meetings were held in lecture 
theatres or other rooms, as follows :— 
Section 
A—Natural Philosophy Department. 
B—Chemistry Department. 
C—Geology Department. 
