ABSTRACT OF MINUTES 
OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
Hamilton Association 
DURING THE 
SESSION OF 1392-93. 
THURSDAY, OCTOBER i18th, 1892. 
SPECIAL MEETING. 
The President, Mr. A. Alexander, in taking the chair, stated that 
it was not his intention to deliver an inaugural address, but would 
reserve it for some future occasion. 
The custom adopted a year ago of inviting those interested in 
the work of the Association to attend the first meeting of the session 
was repeated, and there were present this evening nearly two hundred 
ladies and gentlemen. Biological, geological, botanical and photo- 
graphic specimens were on exhibition ; experiments in electricity 
were made ; pneumatic and microscopic instruments were operated ; 
and a musical programme was presented through the courtesy of Mr. 
J. E. P. Aldous, B.A. 
During the evening the President explained the aims and work 
of the Association. 
Seven applications for membership were received. 
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27th, 1892. 
SPECIAL MEETING. 
The President in the chair. 
The Secretary reported the annual field day held at Grimsby. 
W. McD. Logan, B. A., Stuart Livingston, LL. B., W. J. Sykes, 
B. A., Miss Kate G. Swanzy, C. J. McKinley, Miss F. L. Davis and 
Geo. Rutherford, were elected ordinary members. 
Mr. W. Sanford Evans was then called upon to read the paper 
of the evening, entitled ‘‘ The Possibilities of Fiction.” The lecturer 
