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GENERAL MEETINGS, PUBLIC LECTURES, &c. xix 
GENERAL MEETINGS, ETC., 
IN SOUTHAMPTON. 
INAUGURAL GENERAL MEETING. 
The Inaugural General Meeting took place in the Central Hall on 
Wednesday, August 26, at 8.30 p.m., when Major-General Sir David 
Bruce, K.C.B., F.R.S., resigned the office of President of the Association 
to Prof. Horace Lamb, F.R.S., who delivered an address (for which 
see p. 1). 
EveninG Discourse. 
Mr. R. V. Southwell: ‘ Aeronautical Problems of the Past and of the 
Future.’ 8 p.m., August 28, Central Hall. (See p. 395.) 
Citizens’ LECTURES. 
Major A.G. Church: ‘Science and the East African Commission.’ 7.30 p.m., 
August 27, Central Hall. 
Prof. E. V. Appleton: ‘The Réle of the Atmosphere in Wireless Tele- 
graphy.’ 8 p.m., August 29, Avenue Hall. 
Capt. P. P. Eckersley: ‘Some Technical Problems of Broadcasting.’ 
8 p.m., August 31, Central Hall. 
Mr. C. J. P. Cave: ‘The Highway of the Air.’ 8 p.m., September 1, 
Central Hall. 
Mr. Cave also gave a lecture in Salisbury on August 31, at the invitation 
of the Education Committee in that city. 
LrEcturEs To YounG PEOPLE. 
Dr. F. A. Dixey, F.R.S.: ‘Mimicry in Relation to Geographical Dis- 
tribution.’ 3 p.m., August 29, Central Hall. 
Prof. W. J. Dakin: ‘ Whaling in the Southern Ocean.’ 3 p.m., Septem- 
ber 1, Central Hall. 
Mr. W. H. Barker: ‘The Development of Southampton in Relation to 
World Commerce.’ 3 p.m., August 31, Central Hall. 
ConcLUDING GENERAL MEETING. 
The Concluding General Meeting was held in the Central Hall on 
Wednesday, September 2, at 12 noon, when the following Resolutions 
were adopted with acclamation :— 
1. That the cordial thanks of the British Association be offered to the Mayor, 
Corporation, and citizens of Southampton for their generous hospitality on the oceasion 
of the Association’s visit, and especially to the authorities of King Edward VI. 
Grammar School, the Central Hall, and other places of meeting; to the Southern 
Railway Company, the Docks Board, the Cunard Steamship Company, and the White 
Star Line for their reception of visiting members; to the municipal departments and 
industrial organisations for opportunities of studying public services and commercial 
activities of the district, and to the tramway committee for their kind provision of 
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