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lecture hall, when the President (Mr. W. J. Fennell, 

 M.R. I.A.I.) submitted his 



REPORT AS DELEGATE TO COMMITTEE OF CORRE- 

 SPONDING SOCIETIES OF BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 



Mr. Fennell said — The seventy-fourth meeting of the 

 British Association for the Advancement of Science was held 

 at Cambridge in August of this year, and I attended as a 

 delegate from this Club to the Committee of Corresponding 

 Societies. 



The Cambridge meeting of the British Association had 

 an attendance of about 2,700 members and associates, and 

 the machinery of the Reception Committee was so miserably 

 worked that hundreds were unable to obtain seats for the 

 President's address, and consequently for the two public 

 lectures, although Professors Darwin and Clark, seeing the 

 state of affairs, and no doubt hearing the loud cry of dis- 

 satisfaction, kindly repeated their lectures, I had no local 

 friend in Cambridge, and consequently could not obtain a 

 seat, although a life member, a delegate, and a member of 

 the General Committee; and if this course is again adopted 

 it will become a question whether it is worth while attend- 

 ing — at least in an official capacity. I must, however, say 

 that I felt no little satisfaction at hearing much appreciation 

 expressed by many on the perfect arrangements that pre- 

 vailed at the Belfast meeting in 1902, as well as for the good 

 nature and courtesy of the Irish hosts. Many ladies and 

 gentlemen, who were perfect strangers to me, stopped me to 

 give expression to the pleasure they had derived from their 

 Irish visit, and many asked me, if I had an opportunity, to 

 thank the Belfast people on their behalf. That the Belfast 

 meeting can be remembered with pleasure after two years is 

 something that justifies a little pride. 



On Thursday, 18th August, I attended the first meeting 

 of Delegates, presided over by Principal Griffiths and Dr. 

 Tempest Anderson as Vice-Chairman. The principal business 

 of this meeting seemed to be a dismal wail that scientific 



