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least) present themselves :— (a) They should he of a general kind, 
capable of being worked up by the local Societies in their respective 
districts. ( b ) A preliminary arrangement should be arrived at 
whereby may be determined the lines and limits of investigation, 
the mode of tabulation of results, the scale of chart or map, the 
scheme of symbolical representation, coloration, nomenclature, 
conventional arrangement of detail, the method, form, size of 
publication, and the like, (c) A special Society or expert should 
be indicated as ready to advise in regard to each of the particular 
subjects.” 
“The ends to be gained,” Mr. Bevan stated to be (amongst 
others): “The taking stock of all facts by a connected series of 
methodical surveys,” and “ the setting forth of results in a manner 
directly susceptible of useful comparison ” ; and, after enumerating 
a number of subjects for investigation and forestalling certain 
objections, he moved the following resolution :—“ That the Com¬ 
mittees of the Corresponding Societies be invited to lay before 
their members the necessity of carrying on a systematic survey 
of their counties or districts in respect of ethnography, ethnology, 
botany, meteorology, ornithology, archseology, folklore, etc.” 
A long discussion ensued, resulting in an amendment being put 
and carried that a Committee be appointed to consider the subject 
and report to the next meeting of the Conference. 
A question as to the lapsed Copyright Bill was put and answered 
by the Chairman to the effect that the matter may be safely left 
in the hands of the Council of the Association. 
Second Meeting. 
The following resolution was moved by Captain Dubois Phillips, 
and carried:—“That the Corresponding Societies’ Committee be 
requested in future to bring before the Conference of Delegates some 
account of the outcome of the Conference of the preceding year.” 
The Committee appointed to consider the suggestions of the 
Bev. J. 0. Bevan reported, recommending for adoption the following 
subjects and referees for them :— 
Registration of Type-Specimens. —Dr. A. Smith Woodward. 
Coast Erosion. —Mr. W. Whitaker. 
Record of Boreholes , Wells , and Sections. —North of England Institute of 
Mining and Mechanical Engineers, and Professor J. H. Merivale. 
Tracing the Course of Underground Water. —Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic 
Society, and Mr. A. R. Dwerryhouse. 
Erratic Blocks. —Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union, and Professor P. E. Kendall. 
Geological Photographs. —Belfast Naturalists’ Field Club, and Professor W. W. 
Watts. 
Underground Fauna. —Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing. 
Variations in the Course of Rivers and Shape of Lakes. —Dr. II. R. Mill. 
Archeological Survey by Counties. —Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club, and the 
Rev. J. 0. Bevan. 
Ethnographical Survey. —Anthropological Institute. 
Botanical Survey by Counties. —Mr. W. G. Smith. 
Photographic Record of Plants. —Mr. A. K. Coomaraswamy. 
