GENERAL MEETINGS, PUBLIC LECTURES, &c. XIX 
members of the Association. Exhibits were furnished by upwards of 
sixty firms, institutions, and individuals, and demonstrations were given 
and lectures delivered throughout the period of the exhibition. 
Screntiric SOIREE. 
A Scientific Soirée was held in Liverpool University on Tuesday 
evening, September 18, at which a large number of exhibits, demonstra- 
tions, and short lectures, in all departments of science covered by the 
Sections of the Association, illustrated recent advances. 
ConciupInc GENERAL MeErtina. 
The concluding General Meeting was held in St. George’s Hall on 
Wednesday, September 19, at 12 noon, when the following resolutions 
were adopted by acclamation :— 
(1) . 
To express the thanks of the British Association to the City of Liverpool, 
through the Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor, for its hospitable welcome ; and to the 
City Council for its generous help, and the assistance afforded by its 
staff and various committees, especially the Sub-Committee for Technical and 
Commercial Education, which has allowed the Technical School to be used for 
the Scientific Exhibition, and the Tramways Committee, which has given free 
transport to members of the Association. 
(2) 
To thank the University of Liverpool, through the Vice-Chancellor, for the 
use of its buildings and scientific equipment, and for the friendly co-operation 
of its Professors and staff. 
(3) 
To thank the Local Committee and its Vice-Chairmen, tne Local Hon. 
Secretaries and Assistant Secretary, the Local Hon, Treasurer and Assistant 
‘Treasurer, and their staffs, for their provision for the needs of the Association 
and the entertainment of its members; the Chairman and Secretary of the 
Scientific Exhibition Committee and of the Scientific Soirée Committee for 
their work in connection with these interesting features of the meeting; the 
Liverpool Clubs for their hospitality, and the Overhead Railway for providing 
free transport; and generally to express the gratitude of the Association to all 
those who by throwing open works ov other enterprises for inspection, and in 
many other ways, have contributed to the success of the meeting. 
PUBLIC LECTURES IN LIVERPOOL 
AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. 
Picton Hatt, LiverRpPoot. 
Tuesday, September 11, at 8 p.m. : Professor G. W. O. Howe on ‘ The Evolu- 
tion of the High Power Wireless Station.’ 
Thursday, September 13, at 8 p-m.: Professor A. 8. Eddington, F.R.S., on 
‘ ‘Relativity.’ 
Friday, September 14, at 8 p.m. : Sir Wm. Pope, K.B.E., F.R.S., on ‘ Colour 
Photography.’ 
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