NARRATIVE OF THE CAMBRIDGE MEETING xv 



On Tuesday afternoon, August 23, the Mayor and Mayoress of Cam- 

 bridge (Councillor and Mrs. E. Saville Peck) entertained members at a 

 Sherry Party, held in Emmanuel College by kind permission of the 

 Master and Fellows. 



Garden Parties were given at the following Colleges : Downing and 

 Sidney Sussex (August 19), Christ's and Queens' (August 22) ; and in- 

 formal evening conversaziones were held at Trinity College (August 19) 

 and St. John's College (August 22). 



On Saturday, August 20, general excursions were arranged as follows, 

 with the co-operation of institutions and individuals whose premises 

 were visited : 



(i) King's Lynn, Castle Rising, and Sandringham (by gracious per- 

 mission of H.M. The King). 



(2) Hengrave Hall, Bury St. Edmund's, Lavenham, Long Melford. 



(3) Tring Museum, London Gliding Club, and works of Stonehenge 

 Bricks, Ltd. An additional visit was arranged to Whipsnade Zoological 

 Park through the courtesy of the Zoological Society of London. 



(4) Ely, Sutton, and Earith. 



(5) Audley End, Saffron Walden, and Thaxted. 



Visits were arranged to colleges and to many other points of interest 

 in Cambridge, and to the works of the British Portland Cement Manu- 

 facturers, Ltd., the Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd., Messrs. Chivers 

 & Sons, Ltd., Messrs. Pye Radios, Ltd., and Messrs. Towgood and Sons 

 and Dufay-Chromax, Ltd. Other excursions and visits devoted to the 

 interests of particular sections are mentioned among the Sectional Trans- 

 actions in later pages. 



The official sermon was preached by the Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of 

 Winchester in Great St. Mary's Church on Sunday morning, August 21. 



An exhibition of paintings and other objects of art by members of the 

 Association was on view throughout the period of the Meeting. 



At the final meeting of the General Committee on Wednesday, 

 August 24, it was resolved : 



That the British Association places upon record its deep gratitude for the 

 reception afforded to it by the University, the Borough, and the County of 

 Cambridge. The Association wishes to convey its most cordial thanks to 

 the departments and colleges of the University which have so generously 

 provided accommodation for its meetings and hospitality for its members. 

 Its thanks are due also to the Corporation of the Borough and the County 

 authorities, as well as to the many commercial and industrial institutions in 

 Cambridge and the neighbourhood, for co-operation in the arrangements 

 for the meeting, for generous entertainment, and for the facilities which 

 have been provided for excursions and visits. Finally, the congratulations 

 as well as the gratitude of the Association are offered to the local officers 

 and their efficient helpers, to whose unsparing efforts the brilliant success 

 of the meeting has been due. 



