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THE International Geodetic Association will meet in London on September 21 and following days at the rooms of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, Westminster. The permanent commission of the association, consisting of one representative from each contributing country, is constituted as follows:-Belgium, Lieut.—Colonel Gillis; Chile, M. Bertrand; Denmark, Major-General Madsen; France, General Bassot (president); Germany, Prof. Foerster; Great Britain, Sir George Darwin (vice-president); Holland, Prof. H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen (perpetual secretary); Hungary, Prof. L. de Bodola von Zagon; Italy, Prof. Celoria; Japan, Dr. Hisashi Terao; Mexico, Sen. Angel Anguiano; Norway, Major-General Per Nissen; Portugal, General the Marquis d'Avila et de Bolama; Russia, General Artomonoff; Spain, Sen. Arrillaga; Sweden, Prof. Rosen; Switzerland, Prof. Gautier; United States, Mr. Tittmann. The Argentine Republic will be represented by Prof. Porro de Somenzi, Roumania by Colonel Rimniceano, India by Colonel Burrard, Egypt by Mr. Keeling, Australia by Mr. G. H. Knibbs. Among the seventy or eighty delegates, other than members of the permanent commission, are Prof. Helmert, chief of the Central Bureau, Potsdam, Prof. Albrecht and Prof, von Seeliger (Germany); Vice-Admiral Ritter v. Kalmar and Major-General von Sterneck (Austria), Lieut-Colonel Bourgeois and M. H. Poincaré (France), Baron Roland Eötvös (Hungary), Prof. Kapteyn (Holland), and Dr. Backlund (Russia). Among the representatives of Great Britain are the Astronomer Royal, Colonel Close, Major Leonard Darwin, Rear-Admiral Field, Sir Archibald Geikie, Sir David Gill, Dr. Glazebrook, Colonel Grant, Major Hills, Captain Lyons, and Colonel Sir William Morris. By command of the King, the delegates are invited to visit Windsor Castle on Saturday, September 25. On Monday, September 27, the meeting will be transferred to Cambridge, where the concluding sessions will be held.