the way of attaining the desired end is by application of the Local 

 Committee several months in advance of the meeting, so early in 



ceived by members during the month of June, before the general 



Of the 13G papers entered, 2 were read in General Session in 



were read in Section B, including those of the Sub-section of 

 Geology, formed on the last day of the meeting. Of the remain- 

 ing 17 nothing was heard, and they were probably withdrawn by 

 their authors or failed to pass the Several Committees. 



The general character of the papers read was certainly above 

 the average of many previous meetings, and the various Commit- 

 tees were well up to their work. The only drawback we noticed, 

 being that of the formation of a Geological Sub-section on the 

 last day, which resulted in a number of important papers being 



think a great mistake is made by the Sections not agreeing on 

 what Sub-sections are necessary on the first day, though not neces- 

 sarily forming them until later in the meeting, and thus enable the 

 Committees to so arrange the business as to give all the papers a 

 fair chance. This could easily be done if members would make 



meeting. We understand that the feeling in jhe Standing Com- 

 mittee was very strong in favor of giving precedence, at future 

 meetings, to those papers entered up to the first day, and as the 

 Committee is now composed of so large a permanent body, the les- 

 sons taught at one meeting will not be lost at the following. An 

 important move was made in forming a permanent Sub-section of 

 Anthropology, on the principal of that of Chemistry in Section A. 



B, and will undoubtedly be the means of bringing a very lar-e 



The new constitution was thoroughly tested at the meeting and 



one was evidently satisfied that under them the Association would 

 move along with the least possible amount of friction. Several 



