CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES. ijt 
A number of Corresponding Societies at the invitation of the Committee 
kindly sent copies of their publications, which were exhibited during the meeting 
of the French Association for the Advancement of Science, and were ‘subsequently 
handed over to Dr. Loir. 
The following Delegates attended the Conference and signed the attendance 
book :— 
AFFILIATED SOCIETIES. 
Cardiff Naturalists’ Society . . . . .  «. W. Mark Webb, F.L.S. 
Essex Field Club 2 Sie a eee toes en Webby bles: 
Glasgow Natural History Society ; . Mrs. Ewing. 
Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club John Hopkinson, F.G.S. 
Hull Geological Society . : . T. Sheppard, F.G.S. 
Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists’ Club . . . T. Sheppard, F.G.S. 
London: Quekett Microscopical Club . . . . C.F. Rousselet. 
London: Selborne Society . . . . =. . Wz. Mark Webb, F.LS. 
Manchester Microscopical Society . . .. . Mark L. Sykes, F.R.M.S. 
South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies . . . A.W. Oke, F.G.8. 
Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union . - . . +. =. YT. Sheppard, F.G.S. 
ASSOCIATED SOCIETIES. 
Balham and District Antiquarian and Natural 
History Society . Sir Edward Brabrook, C.B. 
Hastings and St. Leonards Natural History Society « George Willson. 
Lewisham Antiquarian Society - . Sir Edward Brabrook, C.B. 
School Nature Study Union . . . . =. ~~ Wz. Mark Webb, F.L.S. 
Watford Camera Club . é : A F ~ John Hopkinson, F.G.8. 
Dr. F. A. Bather, F.R.S., representing the Museums Association, also attended 
the Conference. 
On July 31 Dr. Garson, Mr. Hopkinson, Mr. Rousselet, Mr. Sheppard, and 
Mr. Webb attended a joint meeting of the Education Section of the French 
Association and the Conference of Delegates of the British Association called 
to consider the advisability of instituting a Conference similar to the British one. 
Professor Jutien Ray presided. 
The following subjects were discussed :— 
I. Co-ordination of the Work of Local Societies. 
Dr. Lorre explained the arrangements and the objects of the meetings held 
in connection with the British Association by the Delegates of Corresponding 
Societies. 
He asked that the French Societies should be represented on the Council of 
the French Association for the Advancement of Science. Up to the present, this 
had not been the case. The French Association sent lecturers to the societies. 
With the Congress of learned Societies this is not the end in view. 
Mr. Horxtinson (Hertfordshire Natural History Society), complying with the 
_ request of the President, gave a brief outline of the origin and early history of 
the Conferences of Delegates. He said that when he became a member of the 
British Association (in 1871) the President of any scientific society publishing 
Transactions, or in his absence a Delegate representing him, might claim to be a 
member of the General Committee at the meeting he attended, and the names of 
those whose claims were admitted, and of their societies, were printed separately 
in the list of members. It occurred to him that it might be to the advantage of 
the societies, and perhaps also of the Association, if these Delegates could meet 
to discuss matters relating chiefly to the management of their societies and the 
original work which might usefully be done by them, but as the rule stood if 
their Presidents were present their Secretaries could not be Delegates, and it was 
most important for the Secretaries to meet. Therefore at the ‘meeting in 1879 
he suggested to the Council of the Association the admission, as a member of the 
General Committee, of the Secretary of any duly qualified society as well as the 
President, and this suggestion being favourably received, a new ‘rule adopting it 
