422 REPORTS ON THE STATE OP SCIENCE. — 1919. 



Corresponding Societies Committee. — Report of the Comm,ittee, 

 consisting of Mr. W. Whitaker, F.E.S. (Chairman), Mr. 

 WiLP^RED Mark Webb (Secretary), the Eev. J. O. Bevan, 

 Sir Edward Br.abrook, Sir H. G. Fordham, Mr. A. L. 

 Lewis, the Eev. T. E. E. Stebbing, Mr. Mark L. Sykes, 

 and the President and General Officers of the Association. 

 (Drawn up by the Secretary.) 



The Committee reports that the following are the officers of the Con- 

 ference of Delegates, to be held at Bournemouth : President, Lobd 

 Montagu of Beaulieu; Vice-President, Mr. William Dale, F.S.A.; 

 and Secretary, Mr. Wilfeed Mark Webb, F.L.S. ; and that the follow- 

 ing programme has been arranged: — 



'Atmospheric Pollution of Towns,' suggested by the Rochdale 

 Literary and Scientific Society, and introduced by Dr. J. S. 

 Owens, M.D., A.M.I.C.E. 



' The Measurement of Rain, ' suggested by the Hertfordshire 

 Natural History Society, and introduced by Mr. Carle 

 Salter. 



' The Importance of including Geography in the Curriculum for 

 Higher Education,' suggested by the Manchester Geographi- 

 cal Society, and introduced by Mr. T. W. F. Parkinson, 

 M.Sc, F.G.S. 



The Geologists' Association has been admitted as an Affiliated 

 Society, and the Blackburn Naturalists' Society as an Associated 

 Society. 



The Committee asks to be reappointed with a grant of 501. 



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Report of the Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies, held 

 at Bournemouth on Thursday, September 11, and Friday, Septem- 

 ber 12, 1919. 



President : Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. 

 Vice-President: William Dale, F.S.A. 

 Secretary: Wilfred Mark Webb, F.L.S. 



The Preeident welcomed the delegates to Bournemouth, and called upon Mr. 

 Whitaker to propose a vote of condolence to Mrs. Hopkinson on the death of 

 Mr. John Hopkinson which reads as follows : — 



The Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies desires to express 

 its condolence with ]\[rs. Hopkinson and her daughters on the death 

 of Mr. John Hopkinson. 



