ANNUAL MEETINGS : PLACES AND DATES, PRESIDENTS, ATTENDANCES,

RECEIPTS, SUMS PAID ON ACCOUNT OF GRANTS FOR SCIENTIFIC

PURPOSES (1831-1924)

X

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL TO THE GENERAL COMMITTEE (1923-24).

xiv

BRITISH ASSOCIATION EXHIBITIONS..

xviii

GENERAL MEETINGS, PUBLIC LECTURES, ETC., AT TORONTO..

xviii

THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS :

Prevention of Disease. By Major-Gen. Sir D. BRUCE

1

BRAGG ....

SECTIONAL PRESIDENTS' ADDRESSES :

A.—The Analysis of Crystal Structure by X-Rays. By Prof. Sir W. H.

34

B.-Chemistry and the State. By Sir ROBERT ROBERTSON

53

C.-Geology in the Service of Man. By Prof. W. W. WATTS... 89

D.—Construction and Control in Animal Life. By Prof. F. W. GAMBLE 109

E.—Inter-racial Problems and White Colonization in the Tropics.

By Prof. J. W. GREGORY

125

F.-A Retrospect of Free Trade Doctrine. By Sir W. ASHLEY 148

G.-A Hundred Years of Electrical Engineering. By Prof. G. W.O.

HOWE...

178

H.—Health and Physique through the centuries. By Dr. F. C.

SHRUBSALL

190

I.—Progress and Prospects in Chemotherapy. By Dr. H. H. DALE.. 211

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J.-Purposive Striving. By Prof. W. McDougaLL

226

K.-Physiological Aspects of Parasitism. By Prof. V. H. BLACKMAN 233

L.-Academic Freedom in Universities. By Principal E. BARKER .. 247

M.—Present-day Problems in Crop Production. By Sir J. RUSSELL 256

REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE, ETC.

270

SECTIONAL TRANSACTIONS

358

REFERENCES TO PUBLICATION OF COMMUNICATIONS TO THE SECTIONS.... 464

OFFICIAL JOURNEYS

470

CONFERENCE OF DELEGATES OF CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES

490

LIST OF PAPERS, 1923, ON ZOOLOGY, BOTANY, AND PREHISTORIC

ARCHÆOLOGY OF THE BRITISH ISLES. By T. SHEPPARD

494

INDEX

555

of Science.

OFFICERS & COUNCIL, 1924-25.

PATRON
HIS MAJESTY THE KING.

OF

OF

OF

OF

PRESIDENT. Major. Gen. Sir DAVID BRUCE, A.M.S., K.C.B., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S. PRESIDENT ELECT FOR THE SOUTHAMPTON MEETING

Professor HORACE LAMB, D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S.
VICE-PRESIDENTS FOR THE TORONTO MEETING.
H.E. the GOVERNOR-GENERAL His Worship the MAYOR OF TORONTO

CANADA (Rt. Hon. LORD BYNG OF (W. W. HILTZ).
VIMY, G.C.B., G.C.M.G.). .

The CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF His Hon. the LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR GOVERNORS, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

ONTARIO (Col. HENRY COCK- (Rev. Canon H. J. Cody, B.D., SHUTT).

LL.D.). Rt. Hon. the PRIME MINISTER OF

The PRÉSIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY CANADA (W. L. MACKENZIE KING,

OF TORONTO (Sir ROBERT FALCONER, C.M.G., LL.D.).

K.C.M.G., D.Litt., LL.D.).

The PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN The Hon. the SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

INSTITUTE (Prof. J. C. FIELDS, COMMONS (Hon. RODOLPHE

Ph.D., F.R.S.). LEMIEUX)

The PRESIDENT OF THE CANADIAN The Hon. the High COMMISSIONER FOR

NATIONAL RAILWAYS (Sir HENRY W. CANADA (P. C. LARKIN).

THORNTON, K.B.E.). The Hon. the PRIME MINISTER AND The PRESIDENT THE CANADIAN

MINISTER OF EDUCATION, ONTARIO PACIFIC RAILWAY (E. W. BEATTY).

(G. HOWARD FERGUSON, LL.B.). The CHAIRMAN OF THE LOCAL GENERAL The CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (Prof.

TORONTO (Hon. Sir WILLIAM J. C. McLENNAN, O.B.E., Ph.D., MULOCK, K.C.M.G., K.C., LL.D.). D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S.). VICE-PRESIDENTS ELECT FOR THE SOUTHAMPTON MEETING. H.R.H. PRINCESS BEATRICE (Governor Col. E. K. PERKINS, C.B.E., V.D.,

and Captain-General of the Isle of M.P., D.L. Wight).

Sir GEORGE A. COOPER, Bart., V.D., The LORD-LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY D:L.

OF HANTS (Major-Gen. the Rt. Hon. Lieut. -Col. WILFRID W. ASHLEY, J. E. B. SEELY, C.B., C.M.G.,

D.L. D.S.O., T.D., M.P.).

Sir WYNDHAM PORTAL, Bart., F.S.A., His Worship the MAYOR OF SOUTH

D.L.

The PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY AMPTON. The LORD BISHOP OF WINCHESTER (the

COLLEGE OF SOUTHAMPTON (C. G. Rt. Rev. F. T. Woods, D.D.).

MONTEFIORE, M.A., D.D.).

The PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY The LORD BISHOP OF PORTSMOUTH (the Rt. Rev. W. T. COTTER).

COLLEGE OF SOUTHAMPTON (KENNETH

H. VICKERS, M.A.). The Rt. Hon. LORD SWAYTHLING.

The DIRECTOR-GENERAL Lord APSLEY, D.S.O., M.C., M.P.

ORDNANCE SURVEY (Col. E. M. JACK, Brig.-Gen. the Rt. Hon. LORD Mon- C.M.G., D.S.O.).

TAGU OF BEAULIEU, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Col. Sir C. F. CLOSE, K.B.E., C.M.G., F.Z.S., V.D., D.L.

F.R.S.

OF

M.P.,

OF

THE