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the Human Period," and Mr. 0. Craw- 

 ford, on "The Andover Region." For 

 Monday, September 5, papers are an- 

 nounced on ' ' Thrust Masses in the Western 

 District of the Dolomites," by Dr. W. M. 

 Ogilvie-Gordon ; "The Geology of Cyre- 

 naica," by Professor J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., 

 and "The Geology of Natal," by Dr. P. H. 

 Hatch. Dr. John Milne, F.R.S., will pre- 

 sent the report of the seismological com- 

 mittee, and the closing part of the sitting 

 will be devoted to the joint discussion with 

 the agricultural subsection on "Soil Sur- 

 veys," to which reference has already been 

 made. Tuesday's proceedings will include 

 two short lantern lectures by Dr. Tempest 

 Anderson, one entitled "Kilauea and its 

 Lessons," and the other, "Some Volcanic 

 Phenomena in New Zealand." There is 

 also announced what should be an impor- 

 tant discussion on the concealed coalfield 

 of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and York- 

 shire, the openers of which will be Pro- 

 fessor P. F. Kendall and Dr. Walcot Gib- 

 son. 



One of the most interesting features in 

 the proceedings of Section D (zoology) will 

 be an afternoon lantern lecture by Dr. 

 Hans Gadow, F.R.S., on "Coral Snakes 

 and Peacocks." Reference has already 

 been made to the joint meetings arranged 

 with the agriculturists for the discussion 

 of some of the problems of soil fertility. 

 Other papers have been promised by Pro- 

 fessor Marcus Hartog, on "Mitokinatism 

 and the Electro-colloid Hypothesis"; by 

 Professor C. J. Patten, on "Semination in 

 Calidris Aronaria," a key to some of the 

 problems regarding its migratory move- 

 ments during the breeding season ; by Pro- 

 fessor Garstang, on "Some Experiments 

 and Observations on the Colors of Insect 

 Larvse"; by Dr. Edward Hindle, on "A 

 Cytological Study of Artificial Partheno- 

 genesis"; by Dr. H. B. Fantham, on 



"Avian Coccidiosis " ; by Dr. Jenkinson, 

 on "Relation of Regenerated and Develop- 

 mental Processes"; by Dr. E. H. J. 

 Schuster, on "First Results from the Ox- 

 ford Anthropometrical Laboratory"; and 

 by Dr. H. W. Marett Tims on "Develop- 

 ment of the Pectoral Girdle in Acanthias 

 vulgaris." 



The president of Section E (geography) 

 is Professor A. J. Herbertson, of Oxford. 

 In his presidential address he proposes, 

 after a brief review of the progress of 

 geography during the past ten years, espe- 

 cially educational progress, to attempt to 

 elucidate the scope and functions of geog- 

 raphy, about which there are many mis- 

 conceptions. He will also discuss the fu- 

 ture of geography, more particularly as a 

 subject of research, in its bearings on 

 practical questions. The special feature of 

 the sectional proceedings, apart from the 

 president's address, will be the joint meet- 

 ing with the geological section, already al- 

 luded to. Among papers of varied interest 

 that have been promised, mention may be 

 made of an account by Colonel R. T. 

 Bright, of the new Uganda-Congo Fron- 

 tier; a discussion of the problems of the 

 Nile Alluviiun, by Captain H. G. Lyons ; a 

 description by Dr. W. S. Bruce, of Prince 

 Charles Foreland, Spitzbergen, and an ac- 

 count by Captain Davies, of the Voyage of 

 the Nimrod. Mr. J. W. Hayward, of Mon- 

 treal, will contribute a paper on "The 

 Cattle District of Queensland," and Mr. 

 J. W. Falconer one on "The Rivers of 

 Northern Nigeria, ' ' while nearer home, the 

 Mitchelstown Caves and the underground 

 waters of the Castleton District will be de- 

 scribed by Mr. C. A. Hill and Mr. H. 

 Brodriek respectively. 



In his presidential address to Section F 

 (economic science and statistics) Sir H. 

 Llewellyn Smith will deal with various as- 

 pects of recent tendencies of economic 



