REPORT OF DELEGATE TO THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 51 
VI. 
REPORT OF DELEGATE TO CORRESPONDING 
SOCIETIES’ COMMITTEE OF THE BRITISH 
ASSOCIATION. 
By W. A. Nicholson, Hon. Sec. 
Read 30 th November. 1909. 
On 25th and 26th October last I attended the Conference of 
Delegates, of the. Corresponding' Societies, ofc the 1 British 
Association, as your representative. The two meetings 
took place in the rooms of the Geological Society, Burlington 
House, commencing at 10.30 each morning. On the preceding 
Sunday afternoon, a visit to Kew Gardens had been arranged, 
but owing to a misunderstanding I did not attend. 
The meeting on 25th commenced with an Address by 
Prof. A. C. Haddon, the main point of which was the 
importance of conserving anything dealing with the earlier 
history of our country, and the usefulness of local societies 
for assisting such endeavours. 
Prof. Haddon’s paper was followed by a demonstration by 
Mr. J. Gray on the Objects, Methods, and Local Organisation 
of National Anthropometry, and on the following morning 
several of the Delegates submitted to a series of measurements. 
Two other subjects were on the paper for discussion, viz. : — 
“ The Question of a Publication Fund to aid Scientific Societies 
in publishing Original Work,” introduced by Professor 
R. Meldola, and : — “ The Financial Position of our Local 
Societies,” introduced by Mr. John Hopkinson. It was 
decided to have one discussion on the two subjects. The 
discussion finally centred on two questions : (a) whether it 
was desirable to approach the Postmaster-General with a view 
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