XViii NARRATIVE OF THE LEICESTER MEETING 
An exhibition of machinery, scientific instruments, and electrical 
instruments was held in connection with Section G (Engineering), and 
consisted of products of firms in Leicester and Leicestershire. 
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A special service was held in the Cathedral on Sunday, September 10, 
when officers and other members of the Association accompanied the 
Lord Mayor (Councillor Arthur Hawkes) and the City Council in state 
from the Town Hall. The preacher was the Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of 
Carlisle (whose sermon was published in the Church Times, September 15). 
An official Free Church service and other special services were held. 
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On Saturday, September 9g, general excursions took place to Charnwood 
Forest; Stanton Ironworks, Holwell; Kenilworth and Warwick ; 
Stratford-on-Avon (where one party witnessed a performance of Macbeth 
at the Memorial Theatre) ; Belvoir Castle (by kind permission of the 
Duke of Rutland). Among other excursions and visits, those devoted 
to the interests of special Sections are mentioned among the Sectional 
Transactions in later pages. 
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At the final meeting of the General Committee, on Tuesday, 
September 12, it was resolved : 
That the British Association most warmly thanks the City and County 
of Leicester for their hospitable reception. It deeply appreciates the 
unsparing efforts of the Lord Mayor and Corporation, and of the Local 
Officers and Committees, in making arrangements for the convenience 
of the meetings and for the comfort of visiting members, as also the judicious 
choice and admirable organisation of the excursions. The thanks of the 
Association are further due to the many institutions, works, and individuals 
_ in the City and neighbourhood for their generous aid in securing the success 
of the Meeting; and the support of the citizens of Leicester who have 
joined the Association as members is very gratefully recognised. 
On Wednesday, September 13, the President and General Secretaries 
and certain other members waited upon the Lord Mayor (Councillor 
Arthur Hawkes) at the Town Hall, in order to take formal leave of him 
and other local officers for the Meeting. 
