XViii NARRATIVE OF THE ABERDEEN MEETING 
a Memorial Lecture for the late President of the Association, Sir William 
Hardy, F.R.S. 
On Monday, September 10, in the same hall, at 8.30 P.M., Prof. W. L. 
Bragg, F.R.S., delivered an Evening Discourse entitled The Exploration 
of the Mineral World by X-rays (p. 437). 
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The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of Aberdeen enter- 
tained members of the Association at a Reception in the Art Gallery and 
adjacent buildings on Thursday evening, September 6. 
The University of Aberdeen entertained members of the Association 
at a Garden Party in King’s College on Monday afternoon, September ro. 
A dance was held in the Beach Ball Room on Tuesday evening, Sep- 
tember 11. 
The students of Aberdeen University produced a play, Town G Gown, 
during the week beginning on September 10, and the productions on this and 
the following nights were regarded as ‘ British Association performances.’ 
By the courtesy of the owners, the exhibits shown at the Telford 
Centenary Exhibition in the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, in . 
June, 1934, were displayed in the Engineering Department of Gordon’s 
College during the week of the meeting. The exhibition was opened 
by Sir Alexander Gibb, G.B.E., on Friday, September 7. 
Visits were arranged to the Rowatt Research Institute, the Macaulay 
Research Institute, the Torry Research Station of the Department of 
Scientific and Industrial Research, and the research vessel (the Explorer) 
of the Fishery Board for Scotland ; and numerous other institutions and 
works in the city and neighbourhood afforded facilities and entertainment 
to members during the meeting. 
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A special service was held in the West Church of St. Nicholas, when 
officers and other members of the Association accompanied the Lord 
Provost in state. The service was conducted by the Rev. P. C. Millar, 
O.B.E., Minister of the Church, and the preacher was the Very Rev. 
Principal Sir George Adam Smith, D.D. The service was broadcast, 
and the sermon was published in The Listener, September 26. Other 
special services were held in St. Andrew’s Cathedral, St. Mary’s Roman 
Catholic Cathedral, and Belmont Congregational Church. 
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On Saturday, September 8, general excursions were arranged to Royal 
Deeside, the Highlands (Spey Valley, Aviemore, Culloden Moor, Inver- 
ness), Moray (Elgin, Pluscarden Abbey, etc.), Mearns (Glen of Dye, Cairn 
o’ Mount road, Fettercairn, Edzell, Brechin, Stonehaven). Among other 
excursions and visits, those devoted to the interests of special Sections during 
the Meeting are mentioned among the Sectional Transactions in later pages. 
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At the final meeting of the General Committee, on Tuesday, Sep- 
tember 11, it was resolved : 
(1) That the British Association places on record its warm thanks for 
the hospitable reception afforded to it by the City of Aberdeen. The 
