700 NARRATIVE AND ITINERARY 
Section 
D—Biology Department. 
E—Physics Room, Teachers’ College. 
F—Main Hall, Teachers’ College. 
G—Engineering Department. 
H—Anatomy Department. 
I—Physiology Department. 
K—Philosophy Room. 
L—Art Room, Teachers’ College. 
M—Medical Theatre. 
Luncheon and tea were served in the Union Building, where smoking 
and ladies’ rooms, &c., were also provided. The Secretarium was 
established in the Grand Hotel, Spring Street. 
Members were requested to attend at the Reception Room during 
the afternoon, to make final arrangements with regard to excursions. 
A representative of the Melbourne Excursions Committee, however, 
had attended in the Reception Room at Adelaide, and thus many 
Members had been able to make their applications in advance: the 
same principle was adopted throughout, a Sydney representative attend- 
ing for this purpose at Melbourne, and a Brisbane representative at 
Sydney. 
The Council met at 4 p.m., and the General Committee at 4.30 P.m., 
in the Biological Department. 
In the afternoon a number of Members were entertained by an 
exhibition of boomerang-throwing given by Dr. Harvey Sutton and 
others. 
In the evening a Reception was given at Federal Government House 
by Their Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Helen Munro- 
Ferguson. 
Friday, August 14.—In the morning the Sections met, and in five 
of them (Mathematics and Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Economics, 
Physiology) presidential addresses were delivered. 
In the afternoon a graduation ceremony was held in the Melba Hall 
of the University at 2.15, when honorary degrees were conferred upon 
the following members:—Professor C. G. Abbot, Professor H. E. 
Armstrong, Professor W. Bateson, Professor W. M. Davis, Dr. F. W. 
Dyson, Sir Thomas H. Holland, Professor Luigi Luiggi, Professor 
W. J. Pope, Professor A. W. Porter, Sir Ernest Rutherford, Sir E. A. 
Schafer, Professor J. Walther. 
Later in the afternoon a Civic Reception was given in the Town 
Hall by the Lord Mayor (Mr. Hennessy) and citizens of Melbourne. 
At 8.30 p.m., in the Auditorium, the Presidency of the Association 
was assumed by Professor William Bateson, F.R.S., in succession to 
Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., who introduced the new President. Professor 
Bateson delivered the first part of his address, and a vote of thanks was 
proposed by His Excellency the Governor-General (Sir R. Munro- 
Ferguson) and seconded by His Excellency the Governor of Victoria 
(Sir Arthur Stanley). 
Saturday, August 15, was devoted to excursions, visits being paid 
to Ballarat, Bendigo, Bacchus Marsh, Marysville, Emerald, Warburton, 
