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THE final arrangements for the Bradford meeting of the British Association are as follows:—The first General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 8 P.M. precisely, when Dr. Carpenter, LL.D., F.R.S., &c., will resign the Chair, and the President-Elect, Prof. W. A. Williamson, F.R.S., will assume the presidency, and deliver an Address. On Thursday evening, Sept. 11, at 8 P.M., a Soiree; on Friday evening, Sept. 19. at 8.30 P.M, a discourse by Prof. W. C. Williamson, F.R.S., of Manchester, on Coal and Coal Plants; on Saturday evening, Sept. 20, a Lecture on Fuel to working men only, by Mr. Siemens, F.R.S.; on Monday evening, Sept. 22, at 8.30 P.M., Discourse on Molecules, by Prof. Clerk Maxwell, F.R.S.; on Tuesday evening, Sept. 23, at 8 P.M., a Soiree; on Wednesday, Sept. 24, the concluding General Meeting will be held at 2.30 P.M, and in the evening a Grand Concert will be given in St. George's Hall, at 8 P.M. The excursions on Thursday, Sept. 25, will be to Harrogate, Ripon, Studley, Bolton Abbey, Gordale Scarr, Malham, Clapham Caves, Settle Caves, and Ingleboro'. Lists and prices of lodgings, and other general information will be given, on application at the Local Secretaries' Office, Bradford.