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THE fifty-sixth annual meeting of the British Association was opened in Birmingham last night, when Lord Rayleigh resigned the Presidential chair to Sir William Dawson, Principal of McGill College, Montreal. The attendance at the fourth Birmingham meeting promises to be much above the average, and so far as the Birmingham people are concerned everything has been done to secure success. All the new public buildings, including Mason College and the fine new Art Gallery, have been placed at the disposal of the Sections. The reception-rooms, reading-rooms, writing-rooms, and other general rooms, not omitting the smoking-room, are all that could be desired. All the leading clubs of the town have been thrown open to members; facilities have been given for visiting the various manufactories in the town and neighbourhood; the industrial exhibition in Bingley Hall has been admirably arranged; while there is a formidable programme of social entertainments and excursions. Among the foreign visitors expected, one of the most distinguished is Prof. Haeckel. There is a very large representation, moreover, of colonial science.
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The British Association . Nature 34, 409–432 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034409a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/034409a0