280 MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION IN BIRMINGHAM. 
On Thursday morning the eight Sections into which the 
Association is divided began their work, sitting daily from 
eleven to three to listen to the addresses of their Presidents, and 
to hear the numerous papers—altogether about 400 in number 
—which had been contributed to the meeting. To give even 
an abstract of all these papers would require several numbers 
of this magazine, and we can only refer our readers to the 
daily papers published during the course of the Meeting, and 
to the annual volume which will contain the titles of all, and 
abstracts of most of them. In Section C (Geology) Prof. 
Lapworth and Mr. W. J. Harrison gave accounts of their 
recent discoveries in the geology of Warwickshire, and Mr. 
H. Johnson gave a valuable description of part of the South 
Staffordshire Coalfield. In Section F (Economic Science) 
Dr. Crosskey eloquently described the great work which is 
being done in the Birmingham Board Schools in the teaching 
of Science; in fact, each Section teemed with papers of local 
as well as of general interest, and we hope to print several of 
them in full in the “ Midland Naturalist.” 
A new feature in the meeting was the institution of 
“ Afternoon Walks ” to places of scientific interest in the 
immediate neighbourhood, led by local scientists such as 
C. J. Woodward, J. W. Oliver, J. E. Bagnall, C. E. Beale, 
W. J. Harrison, and others. 
Mr. G. B. Davis (Clerk) escorted large numbers over the 
Board Schools, and local manufacturers freely threw open 
their works to members of the British Association. 
There were also half-a-dozen Garden Parties, to each of 
which from 200 to 300 guests were invited. These were given 
by various residents in the suburbs of Birmingham, and 
although the weather was somewhat uncertain, they proved 
very enjoyable. 
Saturday afternoon (September 4tli) and the whole of 
Thursday (the 9th) were devoted to excursions, which ranged 
over the Midlands, from Cliatsworth on the east to Shrews¬ 
bury on the west, including Stratford, Warwick, Coventry, 
Enville, Lichfield, and including altogether seventeen places 
of interest. Everywhere the parties were cordially received, 
liberally entertained, and excellent arrangements were made 
that everything worth seeing should be seen under the most 
favourable auspices. The grand thunderstorm of Saturday 
evening met the returning tourists on that day, but the sight 
was so majestic and instructive that it more than compensated 
for the accompanying inconvenience. 
The Exhibition of Local Industries in Bingley Hall proved 
a very great success, towards which Councillor Lawley Parker 
and Mr. G . II. Morley worked their hardest. The building is 
