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following Societies took part:—Cardiff and Nottingham Naturalists’ 
Societies, Caradoc and Severn Valley Field Club, Croydon and 
Hertfordshire Natural History Societies, Southport and Yorkshire 
Philosophical Societies, and Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club. 
The following resolution, which the Chairman said had been passed 
by every Section that morning, was earned:—“ That, as urged by 
the President in his Address, it is desirable that scientific workers 
and persons interested in science be so organized that they may 
exert permanent influence on public opinion, in order more 
effectually to carry out the third object of this Association, 
originally laid down by its founders, viz., ‘ To obtain a more 
general attention to the objects of science and the removal of any 
disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress,’ and that 
the Council be asked to take steps to promote such organization.” 
Mr. W. M. Eankin, P.Se., read a paper on the Methods and 
He suits of a Botanical Survey of Counties. Two papers dealing 
with the distribution of vegetation in the West Hiding of 
Yorkshire had, he said, been published during the current year, 
constituting the first instalment of a Botanical Survey of England 
and Wales; surveys of areas in Westmorland and Somerset were 
in an advanced state; and botanical maps of several districts in 
Scotland were being issued. 
The object of these surveys is to give a general idea of the 
vegetation of a county or other well-defined area, the dominant 
forms and groupings of plants being shown chiefly by means of 
maps. The local Societies were recommended to lay down the 
information on the 6-inch Ordnance Maps of their districts. How 
this can be done can only be ascertained by a study of some of the 
maps already published. 
A short note on Ordnance Survey Maps by Mr. T. V. Holmes 
was then read by the Secretary. Attention was drawn to archaeo¬ 
logical information on the older 6-inch maps being omitted from 
new editions. The Chairman suggested that the Ordnance Survey 
should be written to on the subject, and he asked the Delegates to 
see whether there were any such omissions on the maps of their 
own districts. 
Second Meeting. 
A paper by Mr. William Cole, Hon. Sec. Essex Field Club, on 
Exploration and Begistration Work for Local Societies, was read 
by the Secretary. 
In the course of his introductory remarks the author suggested 
that local Societies would best aid the progress of science by the 
study of the natural history and archaeology of their counties, by 
educational work of a propagandist character, and by assisting in 
the formation of museums and scientific libraries in their districts. 
To meet the expense of collecting and registering plants, animals, 
and fossils, and of archaeological surveys, and of plotting-down the 
information obtained on maps, he proposed that the County Council 
of each county in which a scientific Society exists should be asked 
to allocate a small annual sum (say from £100 to £200), in 
