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photographs taken in that country. Water-colours of London 
Old World Corners were sent by Mr. V. Alister Macdonald. 
Mr. H. Plowman, F.S.A., showed objects of archaeological 
interest, and Miss Whitmore brought some flint implements. 
Mr. W. Lawrence showed an interesting set of horse-bells, 
formerly carried by teams in the narrow Wiltshire lanes. 
Some specially good photographs of weathered rocks came 
from Dr. George Abbott. Mr. Ernest Waltham showed snow 
scenes, and Mr. John Curtis sunshine recorders, deep-sea ther- 
mometers, and a meteorograph, which had been lent him by 
the Royal Meteorological Society, by Mr. James Hicks. Messrs. 
Wattson and Sons created considerable interest by the e.xhibi- 
tion of Strutt’s radium clock. A kammatograph, similar to that 
used in the exhibition by Mrs. Dukinfield Scott, was contributed 
by Messrs. Kamm and Co. The British Mutoscope Co. lent a 
Kinora, and the Harper Electric Piano was on view. 
The Agricultural Education Committee responded to an 
invitation to exhibit their Nature-Knowledge Leaflets, and 
Messrs. Bale, Sons and Danielsson, Ltd., had a table devoted to 
their Nature publications. Messrs. J. J. Hopkinson, Ltd., kindly 
lent a grand piano, and an innovation was made by the engage- 
ment of a band, Mr. Franz Zeidler’s Bijou Orchestra, which 
played excellently well during the evening. The refreshments in 
the large Hall, by Messrs. Moon, Field and Co., of Ealing, had 
many compliments passed upon them. 
The Conversazione Committee consisted of Mr. C. M. Hailes 
(Chairman), Mrs. Percy Myles, Mr. Shaw Compton, w-ith the 
Editor, Librarian and Secretary. Considerable help was given 
by Mr. J. F. Davie, Mr. John Hopkinson, Mr. W. Lawrence, 
and the staff at Burlington Gardens, as well as, on the evening 
of the Soiree, by Mr. C. M. Miihlberg, Mr. W. H. Palmer, and 
Mr. R. Marshman Wattson. 
SELBORNIANA. 
South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies: Reigate 
Congress. — It is a very attractive programme which the South- 
Eastern Union of Scientific Societies has put forward for its 
ninth annual Congress, which is to be held under the Presi- 
dency of Professor Flinders Petrie, at Reigate, on June 7-10, 
inclusive. A ramble on the North Downs and the President’s 
address on the Wednesday, a business meeting (at which the 
editor of Nature Notes will present a report on plant-protection), 
papers on local natural history and antiipiities, and a ramble 
round Reigate on the Thursday: papers on Mendel’s law and 
the law of treasure-trove, a visit to Gallon and an evening 
reception by the Mayor on the Friday, and two alternative excur- 
sions for the Saturday, to the Saxon Church of Worth and 
Tilgate Forest, or to Mr. Maw’s Observatory, at Outwood, make 
up four crowded days. There will also, as usual, be a temporary 
