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CONTENTS. 



The Chakter of the British Association v 



Statutes xii 



Regulations xxvi 



Officers and Council, 1928-29 xxxiii 



Local Officers, Glasgow, 1928 xxxv 



Sections and Sectional Officers, Glasgow, 1928 xxxv 



Annual Meetings : Places and Dates, Presidents, Attendances, 

 Receipts, Sums Paid on account of Grants for Scientific 

 Pubposes (1831-1928) xxxviii 



Report of the Council to the General Committee (1927-28) xlii 



Down House xlvii 



General Meetings, Public Lectures, etc., at Glasgow liv 



Resolutions and Recommendations (Glasgow Meeting) Iv 



General Treasurer's Account (1927-28) Ivii 



Research Committees (1928-29) Ixii 



The Presidential Address : 



Craftsmanship and Science. By Prof. Sir William Bragg 1 



Sectional Presidents' Addresses : 



A.— The Volta Effect. By Prof. A. W. Porter 21 



B. — Phosphorescence, Fluorescence and Chemical Reaction. By 



Prof. E. C. C. Baly 35 



C. — The Palaeozoic Mountain Systems of Europe and America. By 



E. B. Bailey ' 57 



D. — The Origin and Evolution of Larval Forms. By Prof. Walter 



Garstang 77 



E. — Ancient Geography in Modern Education. By Prof. John L. 



Myres 99 



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