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THE list of Presidents for the ten Sections of the British Association, for the Liverpool meeting in September next, has been published. All the Sectional Presidents having accepted the nominations, the list may be regarded as definitive. President of the Association—Sir Joseph Lister, Bart., P.R.S. Section A—Mathematics and Physics, Prof. J. J. Thomson, F.R.S. Section B—Chemistry, Dr. Ludwig Mond, F.R.S. Section C—Geology, Mr. John Edward Marr, F.R.S. Section D—Zoology, Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S. Section E—Geography, Major Leonard Darwin. Section F—Economics, Right Hon. Leonard Courtney, M. P. Section G-Mechanical Science, Sir Charles Douglas Fox. Section H—Anthropology, Mr. Arthur Evans (Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford). Section I—Physiology and Pathology—Dr. Walter Holbrook Gaskell, F.R.S. Section K—Botany, Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S. Evening discourses will be given by Prof. Flinders Petrie and, probably, by Sir Andrew Noble. The lecture to working men will be given by Prof. Fleming, F.R.S.