This was duly seconded and passed and I undertook to bring 

 the matter at once before the Sections referred to. I may add that 

 the Sections nominated a joint Committee of which I am the Secre- 

 tary, and the matter is now under consideration and will come before 

 the Sections concerned at the Portsmouth meeting next August. 



At the Second Meeting of the Delegates two subjects were 

 brought forward. One, "The Adaptation of Roads to Fast and 

 Heavy Motor Traffic," a subject upon which Mr. T. R. Wilton 

 read a paper ; and the other was a discussion, introduced by 

 Professor Kendall, " On the Ordnance and Geological Survey 

 Maps and the enhanced prices." 



Now these Conferences, as the Chairman mentioned at the 

 opening of his address, are concerned "chiefly with methods 

 of conducting investigations in various branches of Science 

 and especially in co-ordinating the efforts of our Corresponding 

 Societies in carrying them out." In the discussion which followed 

 the paper on roads, passing mention was made of the effect of 

 dust upon plant life, but the question was really an engineering 

 one and, in my opinion, scarcely one suitable for the Conference 

 of Delegates. 



The enhanced price of Ordnance and Geological Maps was, 

 on the other hand, within our scope, and is of considerable 

 importance, and the question was discussed as to what steps the 

 local Societies could take in the matter. It was eventually agreed 

 on the motion of Mr. Kidner (Herts. Nat. Hist. Soc), " That the 

 Corresponding Societies Committee consider the advisability of 

 inviting the Societies represented at the Conference of Delegates 

 to communicate with the Treasury and with their Members of 

 Parliament with a view to reverting to the old prices of the 

 Geological Survey Maps." 



I have in this report criticised the action of the Committee 

 in one or two matters. I would add that the meetings of this 

 Section would be better attended if the Committee took steps 

 to see that the meetings were advertised in the daily Journal of 



