a list, in an abbreviated form, of the papers published by the Corresponding Societies during the past twelve months which contain the results of the local scientific work conducted by them; those papers only being included which refer to subjects coming under the cognisance of one or other of the various Sections of the Association. 6. A Corresponding Society shall have the right to nominate any one of its members, who is also a Member of the Association, as its delegate to the Annual Meeting of the Association, who shall be for the time a Member of the General Committee. Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies. 7. The Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies is empowered to send recommendations to the Committee of Recommendations for their consideration, and for report to the General Committee. 8. The Delegates of the various Corresponding Societies shall constitute a Conference, of which the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen, and Secretaries shall be annually nominated by the Council, and appointed by the General Committee, and of which the members of the Corresponding Societies Committee shall be ex officio members. 9. The Conference of Delegates shall be summoned by the Secretaries to hold one or more meetings during each Annual Meeting of the Association, and shall be empowered to invite any Member or Associate to take part in the meetings. 10. The Secretaries of each Section shall be instructed to transmit to the Secretaries of the Conference of Delegates copies of any recommendations forwarded by the Presidents of Sections to the Committee of Recommendations bearing upon matters in which the co-operation of Corresponding Societies is desired; and the Secretaries of the Conference of Delegates shall invite the authors of these recommendations to attend the meetings of the Conference and give verbal explanations of their objects and of the precise way in which they would desire to have them carried into effect. 11. It will be the duty of the Delegates to make themselves familiar with the purport of the several recommendations brought before the Conference, in order that they and others who take part in the meetings may be able to bring those recommendations clearly and favourably before their respective Societies. The Conference may also discuss propositions bearing on the promotion of more systematic observation and plans of operation, and of greater uniformity in the mode of publishing results. Local Committees. Local Committees shall be formed by the Officers of the Association to assist in making arrangements for the Meetings. Local Committees shall have the power of adding to their numbers those Members of the Association whose assistance they may desire. Officers. A President, two or more Vice-Presidents, one or more Secretaries, and a Treasurer shall be annually appointed by the General Committee. Council. In the intervals of the Meetings, the affairs of the Association shall be managed by a Council appointed by the General Committee. The Council may also assemble for the despatch of business during the week of the Meeting. (1) The Council shall consist of1 1. The Trustees. 2. The past Presidents. 3. The President and Vice-Presidents for the time being. 5. The past and present General Treasurers, General and 6. The Local Treasurer and Secretaries for the ensuing Meeting. 7. Ordinary Members. (2) The Ordinary Members shall be elected annually from the General Committee. (3) There shall be not more than twenty-five Ordinary Members, of whom not more than twenty shall have served on the Council, as Ordinary Members, in the previous year. (4) In order to carry out the foregoing rule, the following Ordinary Members of the outgoing Council shall at each annual election be ineligible for nomination:-1st, those who have served on the Council for the greatest number of consecutive years; and, 2nd, those who, being resident in or near London, have attended the fewest number of Meetings during the year -observing (as nearly as possible) the proportion of three by seniority to two by least attendance. (5) The Council shall submit to the General Committee in their Annual Report the names of the Members of the General Committee whom they recommend for election as Members of Council. (6) The Election shall take place at the same time as that of the Officers of the Association. Papers and Communications. The Author of any paper or communication shall be at liberty to reserve his right of property therein. Accounts. The Accounts of the Association shall be audited annually, by Auditors appointed by the General Committee. I Passed by the General Committee at Belfast, 1874. Table showing the Places and Times of Meeting of the British Association, with Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Local Secretaries, from its Commencement. PRESIDENTS. The EARL FITZWILLIAM, D.C.L., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c. YORK, September 27, 1831. } VICE-PRESIDENTS. Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S. OXFORD, June 19, 1832. The REV. ADAM SEDGWICK, M.A., V.P.R.S., V.P.G.S. Rev. W. Whewell, F.R.S., Pres. Geol. Soc........ SIR T. MACDOUGALL BRISBANE, K.C.B., D.C.L., Sir David Brewster, F.R.S., &c... F.R.S. L. & E.. BRISTOL, August 22, 1836. The MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, D.C.L., F.R.S. Rev. T. R. Robinson, D.D. ..... .... J. C. Prichard, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. The DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c. The Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt, F.R.S., &c. Prideaux John Selby, Esq., F.R.S.E. The REV. W. VERNON HARCOURT, M.A., F.R.S., &c. The Rev. T. R. Robinson, D.D. The Earl of Dartmouth.. The Very Rev. Principal Macfarlane Sir David Brewster, F.R.S.) LOCAL SECRETARIES. Professor Daubeny, M.D., F.R.S., &c. Rev. Professor Henslow, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. Professor Forbes, F.R.S. L. & E., &c. Sir W. R. Hamilton, Astron. Royal of Ireland, &c. Professor Daubeny, M.D., F.R.S., &c. Professor Traill, M.D. Wm. Wallace Currie, Esq. John Adamson, Esq., F.L.S., &c. Professor Johnston, M.A., F.R.S. George Barker, Esq., F.R.S. Joseph Hodgson, Esq., F.R.S. Follett Osler, Esq. W. Snow Harris, Esq., F.R.S. Robert Were Fox, Esq. Richard Taylor, jun., Esq. William Hatfeild, Esq., F.G.S. The Hon. John Stuart Wortley, M.P. Sir David Brewster, K.H., F.R.S. Thomas Meynell, Esq., F.L.S. Michael Faraday, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S... Rev. W. V. Harcourt, F.R.S. Rev. W. Scoresby, LL.D., F.R.S. G. B. Airy, Esq., M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S.. The Marquis of Winchester. The Earl of Yarborough, D.C.L.. Sir George T. Staunton, Bart., M.P., D.C.L., F.R.S....... The Lord Bishop of Oxford, F.R.S. ..... .... Professor Owen, M.D., F.R.S. The Rev. Professor Powell, F.R.S.. SIR ROBERT HARRY INGLIS, Bart., D.C.L., F.R.S., The Vice-Chancellor of the University The MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON, President of the Sir H. T. De la Beche, F.R.S., Pres. G.S. SWANSEA, August 9, 1848. The Very Rev. the Dean of Llandaff, F.R.S.. Lewis W. Dillwyn, Esq., F.R.S. W. R. Grove, Esq., F.R.S.. J. H. Vivian, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. The Lord Bishop of St. David's The Earl of Harrowby. The Lord Wrottesley, F.R.S....... The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., D.C.L., F.R.S. ........ The REV. T. R. ROBINSON, D.D., M.R.I.A., F.R.A.S. Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., Sec. G.S. BIRMINGHAM, September 12, 1849. SIR DAVID BREWSTER, K.H., LL.D., F.R.S. L. & E., Principal of the United College of St. Salvator and St. Leonard, St. Andrews. EDINBURGH, July 21, 1850. Professor Faraday, D.C.L., F.R.S.. Sir David Brewster, K.H., LL.D., F.R.S. Rev. Prof. Willis, M.A., F.R.S., The Right Hon. the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The Earl of Cathcart, K.C.B., F.R.S.E. The Earl of Rosebery, K.T., D.C.L., F.R.S. ...... The Right Hon. David Boyle (Lord Justice-General), F.R.S.E. GEORGE BIDDELL AIRY, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S., Astro-Rev. Professor Sedgwick, M.A., F.R.S. .... IPSWICH, July 2, 1851 ..... The Earl of Enniskillen, D.C.L., F.R.S..... COLONEL EDWARD SABINE, Royal Artillery, Treas. & Sir Henry T. De la Beche, F.R.S.. V.P. of the Royal Society. ..... BELFAST, September 1, 1852. Rev. Edward Hincks, D.D., M.R.I.A. Professor Stevelly, LL.D.. The Earl of Carlisle, F.R.S. WILLIAM HOPKINS, Esq., M.A., V.P.R.S., F.G.S., Professor Faraday, D.C.L., F.R.S. Pres. Camb. Phil. Society HULL, September 7, 1853. Lord Londesborough, F.R.S. Rev. Prof. Sedgwick, M.A., F.R.S.. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S... The Lord Wrottesley, M.A., F.R.S., F.R.A.S.. Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., F.G.S. Henry Cooper, Esq., M.D., V.P. Hull Lit, & Phil. Society. Bethel Jacobs, Esq., Pres. Hull Mechanics' Inst. Rev. Professor Whewell, D.D., F.R.S., Hon. M.R.I.A., F.G.S., Master of Joseph Dickinson, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. Trinity College, Cambridge.. William Lassell, Esq., F.R.S. L. & E., F.R.A.S.. The Very Rev. Principal Macfarlane, D.D...... Thomas Inman, Esq., M.D. John Strang, Esq., LL.D. Walter Crum, Esq., F.R.S. Thomas Graham, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., Master of the Royal Mint.. The Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol The Rev. Francis Close, M.A. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin ........ Lord Talbot de Malahide...... The REV. HUMPHREY LLOYD, D.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., The Lord Chancellor of Ireland DUBLIN, August 26, 1857. The Lord Chief Baron, Dublin Sir William R. Hamilton, LL.D., F.R.A.S., Astronomer Royal of Ireland Richard Griffith, Esq., LL.D., M.R.I.A., F.R.S.E., F.G.S. The Lord Monteagle, F.R.S. The Lord Viscount Goderich, M.P., F.R.G.S...... Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., F.G.S. The Rev. W. Whewell, D.D., F.R.S., Hon. M.R.I.A., F.G.S., F.R.A.S., James Garth Marshall, Esq., M.A., F.G.S. R. Monckton Milnes, Esq., D.C.L., M.P., F.R.G.S. The Duke of Richmond, K.G., F.R.S.. The Earl of Aberdeen, LL.D., K.G., K.T., F.R.S.. Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart., M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S. Sir Roderick I. Murchison, G.C.St.S., D.C.L., F.R.S. The Rev. T. R. Robinson, D.D., F.R.S.......... A. Thomson, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., Convener of the County of Aberdeen, Professor Thomas Anderson, M.D. |