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8. The Executive Committee shall present a report of proceedings annually. 
9. These Rules shall not be altered- except at an annual meeting of the 
members. 
10. Reports on subjects entrusted to individuals or committees for investiga¬ 
tion shall be presented to a future meeting of the Conference, whose property 
they shall become. All reports shall be presented to the Executive Committee 
at least fourteen days before the annual meeting. 
It was proposed by R. Parian son, Ph.D. (Bradford), seconded by Mr. Met¬ 
calfe (Hull), and carried unanimously, “ That the following be elected officers 
of the Conference for the current year — 
President: II. Deane, F.L.S. 
Vice-Presidents: 
T. Redwood, Ph.D., Sec. C.S. 
Prof. Bentley, F.L.S., M.R.C.S. 
J. B. Edwards, Ph.D., F.C.S. 
R. W. Giles, F.C.S. 
Treasurer : II. B. Brady, F.L.S., etc. 
General Secretaries : 
.1. Attfield, Ph.D., F.C.S. 
R. Reynolds, F.C.S. 
Local Secretary: 
J. C. Pooley. 
Committee: 
S. Gale, F.C.S. 
B. S. Proctor. 
T. B. Groves, F.C.S. 
W. 1). Savage. 
D. IIanbury, F.L.S. 
F. Sutton, F.C.S. 
A. F. Haselden. 
J. P. Tylee. 
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It was proposed by Mr. Barford (Wellington College), seconded by Mr. E. 
Wood (London), and unanimously agreed to, u That the next meeting of the 
• Conference be held at Bath.” 
It was moved by Mr. Howson (Gateshead), seconded by Mr. Greaves (Tron- 
ville), and carried, u That the following be appointed a Committee on Adulte¬ 
rations, and requested to report to our next meeting, viz. Dr. Attfield, Mr. 
T. B. Groves, Mr. B. S. Proctor, Mr. Rimmington, and Mr. F. Sutton.” 
Professor Bentley moved, and Mr. Gale seconded, a vote of thanks to the 
original conveners of the meeting,— Dr. Attfield, Mr. Brady, and Mr. Reynolds. 
A vote of thanks to the Chairman being passed, those present enrolled them¬ 
selves as Members, and the meeting adjourned until 8 p.m. 
it was arranged that those who had already taken a part in promoting the 
Conference might be admitted as members without being balloted for. 
Evening Meeting. — The President took the chair at 8 p.m., and called upon 
Mr. B. S. Proctor to read a paper upon “ Weights and Measures.” 
This communication gave proofs of much careful thought upon the subject, 
and the author was by no means disposed to accept the decimal system as being 
the best that could be devised. He pointed out several faults in the metric 
system as used in France, and said that if he had to choose between an octavial, 
a decimal, and a duodecimal system, he would feel some hesitation in deciding 
whether the first or the last was the better, though he felt no doubt of their 
