XXX GENERAL MEETINGS AT EDINBURGH. 
GENERAL MEETINGS AT EDINBURGH. 
INAUGURAL GENERAL MEETING. 
On Wednesday, September 7, at 8.30 p.m., in the Usher Hall, 
Professor W. A’. Herdman, C.B.E., F.R.S., resigned the office of 
President to Sir T. Edward Thorpe, C.B., F.R.S. In the greatly 
regretted absence of Sir Edward Thorpe owing to indisposition, his 
Address (for which see p. 1) was read by Principal Sir J. Alfred Ewing, 
K.C.B., F.R.S., a Vice-President of the Association. 
The meeting was preceded by a recital of organ music by British 
composers, given by Mr. Robert M‘Leod, Mus.Bac., F.R.C.O., 
Edinburgh. 
Eventna Discourses. 
On Friday, September 9, at 8.30 p.m., in the Usher Hall, Professor 
C. E. Inglis, O.B.E., delivered a discourse on ‘ A Comparison of the 
Forth and Quebec Bridges, showing the Evolution of Cantilever Bridge 
Construction during the past thirty years.’ 
On Tuesday, September 13, at 8.30 p.m., in the Usher Hall, 
Professor W. A. Herdman, C.B.E., F.R.S., delivered a discourse on 
‘Edinburgh and Oceanography. ’ 
Conciupinc GENERAL MrEprtina. 
The Concluding General Meeting was held in the M‘Ewan Hall 
on Wednesday, September 14, at 12 noon, the President, Sir Edward 
Thorpe, in the Chair. The following Resolutions were unanimously 
adopted, conveying the thanks of the Association : 
(1) To the Lord Provost and the Citizens of Edinburgh, and to the University 
of Edinburgh, for their invitation to hold a meeting in their city, and for the 
cordial reception which they have given to the members of the British 
Association. 
(2) ‘lo the University of Edinburgh, for the use of the McEwan Hall and 
other University buildings for the Sectional meetings; to H.M. Office of Works, 
for the use of the Parliament Hall as a reception room; to the Advocates’ 
Library, the Royal Scottish Museum, and the Zoological Society of Scotland, for 
throwing open their buildings and garden for the instruction and delight of 
members ; to the Very Reverend Dr. Wallace Williamson and the Kirk Session 
of St. Giles’ Cathedral, for an occasion of public worship in that historic 
building ; to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Colleges of Physicians and of 
Surgeons, the Philosophical Institution, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 
the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and other learned Societies and Institu- 
tions, for admittance to their libraries and collections; to the Air Ministry, 
for establishing a Meteorological Office at the place of meeting; and to the 
Carnegie Trust, for their hospitable reception at Dunfermline. 
(3) ‘To the Hon. Local Secretaries. 
(4) To the Hon. Local Treasurer and the Members of the Finance Committee. 
(5) To the’ Members of the Hospitality Committee, and especially to its 
Secretary, Miss S. H. Turcan; the Wardens of the University Hostels; the 
Committees of the University Union; the Women’s University Union; and the 
