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wish to call attention to the excellence of the work sent in, that 

 of Miss Olive Ferguson being of exceptional merit, while Miss 

 Nunda Troughton's effort is so deserving of a prize that a member 

 of the Prizes Sub-Committee (who wishes to remain anonymous) 

 has pleasure in awarding her a special prize of five shillings. (See 

 report of Junior Section). 



(Signed) 



Arthur Deane, , 



Sarah Blackwood, Prizes 



Kathleen Ward, I Sub- Committee. 



J. A. Sidney Stendall,' 



Report of Delegate to the Corresponding Societies Conference 

 of British Association, 191 6. 



I had the honour of representing this Club at the Conference 

 of Delegates of the Corresponding Societies of the British 

 Association, held last year at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. There were, 

 as usual, two meetings of the Conference, one on Wednesday, 6th 

 September, and the other on Friday, 8th September, both of which 

 I attended. 



At the first meeting the Report of the Committee on Popular 

 Science lectures was presented. This valuable report is much 

 too lengthy to be treated at all satisfactorily here, but the 

 following points are of especial interest to our Field Club. This 

 report summarises over 1,500 replies from various societies to 

 questions asked by a Committee representative of all Sections of 

 the British Association. From the summary the following may 

 be quoted : — " Popular lectures on scientific subjects do not 

 usually attract such large audiences as formerly in most parts of 

 the kingdom. To make a wide appeal to the general public the 

 same principles of organisation, advertisement, and selection of 

 lecturer and subject must be followed, as are adopted by agents 

 of other public performances." " Increase in the number of 



