Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies of the British Association, Held at Aberdeen

Abstract

A NEW branch of the British Association glided unobtrusively into existence at Aberdeen, under the new rules passed in the previous year: I mean the Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies. The Committee to whom the general arrangements connected with this new branch is intrusted are now issuing a circular to the Corresponding Societies, signed by myself as its Chairman, and by Prof. Meldola as its Secretary, in which they give an account of the proceedings at Aberdeen, with comments thereon. Much of this will be of general interest, as it helps to explain the functions of the Conference, which, as the proceedings showed, were imperfectly understood by many of the delegates themselves. The report is too long to ask you to print it in full, and on the other hand its general purport is more easily seized by leaving out details. I therefore limit myself to sending you extracts from it, with connecting links of explanation to make them read continuously.