GENERAL MEETINGS AT CARDIFF. XVll 



GENERAL MEETINGS AT CARDIFF. 



On Tuesday, August 24, at 8 p.m., in the Park Hall, the Hon. Sir 

 Charles Parsons, K.C.B., F.R.S., resigned the office of President to 

 Prof. W. A. Herdman, C.B.E.., F.R.S. (See p. xxxi.) 



Prof. W. A. Herdman then assumed the chair and delivered an 

 address, for which see p. 1. 



On Wednesday, August 25, at 8 p.m., a Reception was given in the 

 City Hall by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Cardiff. 



On Thui'sday, August 26, at 5 p.m., a Conference took place in the 

 Assembly Hall, Technical College, on Science Applied to Public Ser- 

 vices, arising out of communications which had passed between the 

 Association and Government Departments as the result of resolutions 

 adopted by the General Committee at the Bournemouth Meeting (see 

 Report, 1919, pp. Ixxiii-iv). The Conference was addressed by Mr. 

 F. E. Smith, O.B.E., Director of Scientific Research, Admiralty, and 

 others. 



On Thursday, August 26, at 8 p.m., in the Park Hall, Sir R. T. 

 Glazebrook, K.C.B., F.R.S. , delivered a discourse on ' Some Require- 

 ments of Modern Aircraft.' (See p. 384.) 



On Friday, August 27, at 8 p.m., the concluding General Meeting 

 was held in the Park Hall. 



Sir Daniel Hall, K.C.B., F.R.S., delivered a discourse on ' A 

 Grain of Wheat from the Field to the Table. ' (See p. 389.) 



After the above discourse the following resolution was unanimously 

 adopted on the motion of the President: — 



That the cordial thanks of the British Association be extended to the Rt. 

 Hon. the Lord Mayor and Corpoi-ation and the citizens of the city of Cardiff 

 for their hearty welcome and for the facilities so generously afforded to the 

 Association at the City Hall ; to the Governing Bodies of the University of 

 Wales, the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, the Tech- 

 nical College, the South Wales Institute of Engineers, and other institutions 

 which have kindly placed their buildings and resources at the disposal o.t the 

 Association ; and, finally, to the Local Executive Committee, the Local Treasurers 

 and Secretaries for their exertions in collecting the necessary funds and for 

 the hospitality which has been freely offered to many members of the Associa- 

 tion, as well as for the admirable arrangements made for the eighty-eighth 

 annual meeting of the Association. 



h PUBLIC OR CITIZENS' LECTURES. 



The following public lectures were given in the Park Hall at 8 p.m. 



on the days stated : — 



August 23, Prof. J. Lloyd WilUams on 'Light and Life.' 



August 25, Prof. A. W. Kirkaldy on ' Present Industrial Conditions. ' 



August 28, Dr. Vaughan Cornish on ' The Geographical Position 



of the British Empire.' 



