396 REPORT OF THE CLUB'S DELEGATE.
when uncut, 83/4 in. wide x 111/4 in. high. Each article should
begin a page, and, if possible, a right hand page. It is then
possible to bind up any article with others on the same subject
without having also to bind up the last half page of another
paper.
Many other details dealing with what is desirable in scien-
tific publications may be found, with illustrations, in the Report
mentioned.
Prof. Meldola remarked that the promotion of this uniformity of size had
been one of the original functions of these Conferences, and he hoped that the
suggestions of Prof. Thompson might bear fruit. The Corresponding Societies'
Committee had a considerable collection of the publications of the Correspond-
ing Societies at Burlington House, and a glance at their shelves revealed con-
siderable diversity of size. Mr. Clement Reid suggested that the original
paging should be preserved in reprints; and the Rev. J. O. Bevan hoped that
the attention of the Corresponding Societies might be drawn to the matter
by the delegates, and that the general interest in uniformity might be dwelt
upon.
Mr. G. J. Symons, representing Section A, drew attention to the case of
Prof. Milne, who was then making important observations on earthquake
tremors in a house in the Isle of Wight, which was in so bad a sanitary con-
dition that many fears were entertained with regard to his health. It was
much to be wished that either the Government or some rich man might lend
a water-tight and healthy house to Prof. Milne for a few years And Mr.
Beeby Thompson, representing Section C, asked for the assistance of some
rich person or persons to allow of the uncovering and removal of a fine speci-
men of a Dinosaur which had recently been discovered near Northampton.
As regards Section H, the Chairman (Dr. Garson) wished to draw the
attention of the Conference to the Ethnographical Survey, an investigation in
which few local societies were co-operating. And Mr. Hartland, the Secretary
of the Ethnographical Survey Committee, said that it would greatly help his
Committee if each of the Corresponding Societies would take up one or more
branches of this inquiry. He had explained at previous Conferences that it
was by no means necessary that all branches should be taken up everywhere.
He added that he would be happy to send to the Corresponding Societies all
the information they might require as to the nature of the work, and the way
in which the Committee wished it to be carried on.
In a brief Report of the Corresponding Societies Committee,
which was in the hands of every delegate present, are the follow-
ing remarks :—
"The Committee observe with satisfaction that the Corresponding Societies
steadily increase in number, and that the total number of members compris-
ing them also increases. For example, in the British Association Report of tin-
Bath Meeting in 1888 there is a list of 55 Corresponding Societies, having a
total of 18,950 members. The Toronto Report of last year shows 69 Corres-
ponding Societies, having a total of 22,395 members. On the other hand, the
average number of members in each society appears to have slightly decreased