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FOR the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, which is to be held this year at Dundee on September 4 and following days, under the presidency of Prof. E. A. Schäfer, F.R.S., the following presidents have been appointed to the various sections:— Mathematical and Physical Science, Prof. H. L. Callendar, F.R.S.; Chemistry, Prof. A. Senier; Geology, Dr. D. R. Peach, F.R.S.; Zoology, Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, F.R.S.; Geography, Sir ChLrles M. Watson, K.C.M.G., C.B., R.E.; Economic Science and Statistics, Sir Henry H. Cunynghame, K.C.B.; Engineering, Prof. A. Barr; Anthropology, Prof. G. Elliot Smith, F.R.S.; Physiology, Mr. Leonard Hill, F.R.S.; Botany, Prof. F. Keeble; Educational Science, Prof. J. Adams; Agriculture, Mr. T.H. Middleton. Agriculture will form the subject of a full section for the first time. Prof. W. H. Bragg, F.R.S., and Prof. A. Keith have been appointed to deliver the evening discourses.

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Notes . Nature 88, 560–564 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/088560a0

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