Date and Place

1853. Hull........

Prof. J. Phillips, LL.D., F.R.S., Some peculiar Phenomena in the
F.G.S.

Geology and Physical Geography
of Yorkshire.

The present state of Photography.
Anthropomorphous Apes.

Progress of Researches in Terrestrial
Magnetism.

Characters of Species.

Assyrian and Babylonian Antiquities
and Ethnology.

Recent Discoveries in Assyria and
Babylonia, with the results of
Cuneiform research

present time.

up to the

Correlation of Physical Forces.
The Atlantic Telegraph.
Recent Discoveries in Africa.
The Ironstones of Yorkshire.
The Fossil Mammalia of Australia.
Geology of the Northern Highlands.
Electrical Discharges in highly
rarefied Media.

Physical Constitution of the Sun.
Arctic Discovery.

Captain Sherard Osborn, R.N.
1861. Manchester Prof. W. A. Miller, M.A., F.R.S. Spectrum Analysis.
G. B. Airy, F.R.S., Astron. The late Eclipse of the Sun.
Royal.

1862. Cambridge Prof. Tyndall, LL.D., F.R.S.

1863. Newcastle

Prof. Odling, F.R.S..
Prof. Williamson, F.R.S.......

The Forms and Action of Water.
Organic Chemistry.

The Chemistry of the Galvanic Bat-
tery considered in relation to
Dynamics.

James Glaisher, F.R.S......... The Balloon Ascents made for the

British Association.

The Chemical Action of Light.
Recent Travels in Africa.
Probabilities as to the position and

extent of the Coal-measures be-
neath the red rocks of the Mid-
land Counties.

The results of Spectrum Analysis
applied to Heavenly Bodies.
Insular Floras.

The Geological Origin of the present
Scenery of Scotland.
The present state of Knowledge re-
garding Meteors and Meteorites.
Archeology of the early Buddhist
Monuments.

Reverse Chemical Actions.
Vesuvius.

The Physical Constitution of the
Stars and Nebulæ.

The Scientific Use of the Imagination.
Stream-lines and Waves, in connec-
tion with Naval Architecture.
Some recent Investigations and Ap-
plications of Explosive Agents.
The Relation of Primitive to Modern
Civilisation.

1874. Belfast...... Sir John Lubbock, Bart..M.P., Common Wild Flowers considered

1885. Aberdeen... Prof. W. G. Adams, F.R.S. ... The Electric Light and Atmospheric

Absorption.

John Murray, F.R.S.E.......... The Great Ocean Basins.

1886. Birmingham A. W. Rücker, M.A., F.R.S.

1887. Manchester Prof. H. B. Dixon, F.R.S.

Soap Bubbles.

Prof. W. Rutherford, M.D. ... The Sense of Hearing.

...

The Rate of Explosions in Gases. Col. Sir F. de Winton, Explorations in Central Africa. K.C.M.G.

1888. Bath......... Prof. W. E. Ayrton, F.R.S. ...

The

Electrical Transmission

Power.

Prof. T. G. Bonney, D.Sc.,
F.R.S.

of

The Foundation Stones of the Earth's
Crust.

1889. Newcastle- Prof. W. C. Roberts-Austen, The Hardening and Tempering of upon-Tyne

1890. Leeds 1891. Cardiff .....

F.R.S.

Steel.

Walter Gardiner, M.A......... How Plants maintain themselves in the Struggle for Existence. Mimicry.

E. B. Poulton, M.A., F.R.S....
Prof. C. Vernon Boys, F.R.S.
Prof. L. C. Miall, F.L.S., F.G.S.

Quartz Fibres and their Applications.
Some Difficulties in the Life of
Aquatic Insects.

Prof. A.W. Rücker, M.A.,F.R.S. Electrical Stress.

Matter and Force.
A Piece of Chalk.

Experimental Illustrations of the
modes of detecting the Composi-
tion of the Sun and other Heavenly
Bodies by the Spectrum.

1870. Liverpool... Sir John Lubbock, Bart.,M.P., Savages.

1872. Brighton 1873. Bradford 1874. Belfast 1875. Bristol 1876. Glasgow

...

...

...

F.R.S.

Fuel.

W.Spottiswoode, LL.D.,F.R.S. Sunshine, Sea, and Sky.
C. W. Siemens, D.C.L., F.R.S.
Prof. Odling, F.R.S.......
Dr. W. B. Carpenter, F.R.S.
Commander Cameron, C.B.,
R.N.

1877. Plymouth... W. H. Preece.
1879. Sheffield W. E. Ayrton
H. Seebohm, F.Z.S.
Prof. Osborne

1880. Swansea 1881. York .........

1882. Southamp

ton.

...

Reynolds,

1883. Southport
1884. Montreal
1885. Aberdeen
1886. Birmingham Prof. W. C. Roberts-Austen,

F.R.S.

The Discovery of Oxygen.
A Piece of Limestone.
A Journey through Africa.

OFFICERS OF SECTIONAL COMMITTEES PRESENT AT THE CARDIFF MEETING.

SECTION A.-MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE.

President.-Professor Oliver J. Lodge, D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S.
Vice-Presidents.-Sir Robert Ball, F.R.S.; W. Crookes, F.R.S.; Professor
G. Carey Foster, F.R.S.; Rev. Robert Harley, F.R.S.; Professor
J. Viriamu Jones, M.A.; Professor H. Lamb, F.R.S.; Professor H.
A. Newton; Professor A. W. Rücker, F.R.S.

Secretaries.-R. E. Baynes, M.A. (Recorder); J. Larmor, M.A.; Professor
A. Lodge, M.A.; Professor A. L. Selby, M.A.

SECTION B.-CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY.

President.-Professor W. Chandler Roberts-Austen, C.B., F.R.S., F.C.S. Vice-Presidents.-Sir F. A. Abel, K.C.B., F.R.S.; W. Crookes, F.R.S.; Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S.; Professor G. D. Liveing, F.R.S.; Professor H. McLeod, F.R.S.; Professor R. Meldola, F.R.S.; Ludwig Mond, F.R.S.; Professor C. M. Thompson, M.A.

Secretaries.-C. H. Bothamley, F.C.S.; H. Forster Morley, D.Sc. (Recorder); W. W. J. Nicol, M.A.; G. S. Turpin, M.A.

SECTION C.-GEOLOGY.

President.-Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S., F.G.S.

Vice-Presidents.-Sir Archibald Geikie, For. Sec.R.S.; Dr. H. Hicks, F.R.S; Professor C. Lapworth, F.R.S.; Professor W. J. Sollas, F.R.S.; Rev. H. H. Winwood, M.A.; Professor G. Frederick Wright; Professor F. Zirkel, Ph.D.

Secretaries.-W. Galloway; J. E. Marr, F.R.S.; Clement Reid; W. W. Watts, M.A. (Recorder).

SECTION D.-BIOLOGY.

President. Francis Darwin, M.A., M.B., F.R.S., F.L.S.

Vice-Presidents.-D. H. Scott, M.A.; Professor W. Stirling, M.D.; Dr. R. H. Traquair, F.R.S.; Professor H, Marshall Ward, F.R.S. Secretaries.-F. E. Beddard, M.A.; Professor W. A. Herdman, D.Sc. ; Sydney J. Hickson, D.Sc. (Recorder); George Murray, F.L.S.; Professor W. Newton Parker, Ph.D.; Harold Wager.

SECTION E.-GEOGRAPHY.

President.-E. G. Ravenstein, F.R.G.S., F.S.S., F.R.S.G.S.

Vice-Presidents.-Colonel Sir Francis de Winton, K.C.M.G., C.B.; H. Seebohm, Hon. Sec. R.G.S.

Secretaries. John Coles, F.R.G.S.; J. Scott Keltie, F.R.G.S. (Recorder); A. Silva White, F.R.S.E.; Dr. Yeats.

SECTION F.-ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS.

President.-Professor Cunningham, D.D., D.Sc., F.S.S.

Vice-Presidents.-Professor C. F. Bastable, F.S.S.; Professor F. Y. Edgeworth, F.S.S.; Hon. Sir Charles W. Fremantle, K.C.B.; J. B. Martin, F.S.S.

Secretaries. Professor J. Brough, LL.D.; Professor E. C. K. Gonner, F.S.S. (Recorder); Professor W. R. Sorley, M.A.

SECTION G.- MECHANICAL SCIENCE.

President.-T. Foster Brown, M. Inst.C.E.

Vice-Presidents.-James Abernethy, M.Inst.C.E.; Sir Benjamin Baker, K.C.M.G., F.R.S.; J. Wolfe Barry, M.Inst.C.E.; G. Chatterton, M.Inst.C.E.; Professor Osborne Reynolds, F.R.S.; T. Hurry Riches, M.Inst.C.E.

Secretaries. Conrad W. Cooke; Professor A. C. Elliott, D.Sc.; W. Bayley Marshall, M. Inst.C.E.; E. Rigg, M.A. (Recorder).

SECTION H.-ANTHROPOLOGY.

President.-Professor F. Max Müller, M.A.

Vice-Presidents.-The Marquess of Bute, K.T.; E. W. Brabrook, F.S.A.; J. G. Garson, M.D.; Dr. E. B. Tylor, F.R.S.

Secretaries.-G. W. Bloxam, M.A. (Recorder); H. Ling Roth; Edwin Seward.