SEPTEMBER 3, 1897. ] 
N. P. Gilman; Prof. A. T. Hadley; J. A. McLean; 
W. H. Moore; Prof. Simon Newcomb; Prof. Goldwin 
Smith; B. E. Walker; S. M. Wickett. 
SECTION G.—MECHANICAL SCIENCE. 
President: G. F. Deacon, M. Inst. C. E. 
Vice-Presidents: Prof. W. E. Ayrton, F. R. §8.; 
Prof. H.T. Bovey, M. A.; Prof. John Galbraith, M.A. ; 
Prof. G. Lanza; Prof. W. C. Unwin, F. R. 8. 
Secretaries: Prof. T. Hudson Beare, F.R.S.E. (Re- 
corder); Prof. Dupuis; W. A. Price, M.A.; Prof. Cal- 
lendar, M.A., F.R.S. 
Committee: J. G. W. Aldridge; Prof. Baily; J. T. 
Bottomley; Bryan Donkin; Prof. R. C. Carpenter; 
E. K. Clark; J. Coates; Prof. Ewing, F.R.S.; Prof. 
Vernon Harcourt; C. Hawksley; W. T. Jenning; 
Lord Kelvin, G.C.V.O., F.R.S.; H. 8S. Maxim ; 
Prof. Perry, F.R.S.; Prof. S. P. Thompson, F.R.S; 
W. G. Walker; Major-General Webber, C.B., R.H. 
SECTION H.—ANTHROPOLOGY. 
President: Prof. Sir W. Turner, M.D., LL.D., 
E.R.S. 
Vice-Presidents ; E.W. Brabrook, C.B., Pres. Anthr. 
Inst.; Prof. A. Macalister, M.D., F.R.S.; R. Munro, 
M.D., F.R.S.E.; Dr. W J McGee; Prof. F. W. Put- 
nam, D.Sc. 
Secretaries: A. F. Chamberlain, Ph.D.; H. O. 
Forbes, LL.D.; Prof. A. C. Haddon, D.Se.; J. L. 
Myres, M.A., F.S.A. (Recorder). 
Committee: David Boyle; Dr. G. M. Dawson, 
C.M.G.; F. T. Elworthy; A. F. Hunter; Prof. E. S. 
Morse; E. Sidney Hartland, F.S.A.; Prof. Lightner 
Witmer, Ph.D. 
SECTION I.—PHYSIOLOGY. 
President: Prof. Michael Foster, M.A., LL.D., 
Sec. R.S. 
Vice-Presidents: Lord Lister, P.R.S.; Dr. J. S. Bil- 
lings; Prof. H. P. Bowditch, M.D.; W. H. Gaskell, 
M.D., F.R.S.; Prof. A. B. Macallum, M.B., Ph.D.; 
Prof. W. Osler, M.D.; Prof. C. Richet, M.D.; Prof. 
A. D. Waller, M.D., F.R.8. 
Secretaries: Prof. Rubert Boyce, M.B. (Recorder); 
Prof. C. S. Sherrington, M.D., F.R.S.; A. Kirsch- 
mann, Ph.D.; L. E. Shore, M.D. 
Committee: Prof. Cushny; Prof. E. M. Crookshank; 
Prof. W. D. Halliburton; Prof. Carl Huber; Dr. K. 
Huerthle; Dr. D. McAlister; Dr. J. H. Kellogg; 
Prof. F. 8. Lee; Prof. J. Loeb; Prof. W. P. Lom- 
bard; Prof. Wesley Mills; J. J. Mackenzie; Dr. Noel 
Paton; Prof. W. T. Porter; Prof. Waymouth Reid; 
Prof. Anderson Stuart; Prof. G. N. Stewart; Prof. 
W. H. Thompson. : 
SECTION K.—BOTANY. 
President: Prof. Marshall Ward, Se.D., F.R.S. 
Vice-Presidents; Prof. D. P. Penhallow, M.A.; 
SCIENCE. 
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Prof. Farlow, M.D., LL.D.; Prof. F. O. Bower, Se.D., 
F.R.S. 
Secretaries: E. C. Jeffrey, B.A.; Prof. Bretland 
Farmer, M.A.; A. C. Seward, M.A.; Prof. F. E. 
Weiss, B.Sc. (Recorder). 
Committee: Prof. Arthur; Prof. Atkinson; Prof. 
Barnes; Prof. Bessey; Prof. Britton; Prof. Campbell; 
Prof. Coulter; Dr. Fletcher; Dr. Galloway; Prof. 
Reynolds Green; Prof. Greene; Arthur Lister; Prof. 
MacDougal; Prof. Magnus; Dr. Saunders; Harold 
Wager; H. J. Webber. 
Nearly all these scientific leaders and 
many others were present at Toronto when 
the Association was received by the civic 
authorities, at four o’clock on the afternoon 
of Wednesday, August 18th. Addresses of 
welcome were made by Lord Aberdeen, the 
Governor-General, and by the Mayor of the 
city. Replies were made by the retiring 
President of the Association, Lord Lister, 
by the incoming President, Sir John Evans 
and by Lord Kelvin. The Premier of the 
Province and the Minister of Hducation also 
made remarks. In the evening Lord Lister 
resigned the presidency to Sir John Evans, 
who gave the address already published in 
Scrence (page 269). Remarks thanking 
the President for his address were made by 
Lord Aberdeen, Lord Kelvin and Mayor 
Shaw. 
Other general meetings of the Association 
were held to listen to the evening addresses 
by Professor W. C. Roberts-Austen and by 
Professor J. Milne. Professor Austen, on 
August 20th, lectured on ‘Canada’s Metals’. 
He reviewed the discovery and prospects of 
Canadian gold fields, illustrating the sub- 
ject by a series of photographs, and called 
special attention to the nickel deposits of 
the Dominion. Illustrations were also 
shown of the speaker’s interesting experi- 
ments on the splash of metals, and a 
demonstration was given showing on the 
sereen the action of the electric furnace. 
Professor Milne, on Monday evening, 
lectured on a subject in which he is the 
leading authority, ‘Earthquakes and Vol- 
