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THE fifty-third annual congress of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies will be held at King's School, Canterbury, during April 19-23. The new president of the Union, Mr. F. H. Edwards, of the Geological Survey, will give an address on "Geological Surveys and their Influence". A full programme of lectures, visits and excursions has been arranged, and approximately one day has been allotted to each of the three sections of archaeology, geology and zoology. These sections will meet on April 20, 21 and 22 under their presidents, Mr. S. S. Frere, Mr. A. Wrigley and Major Maxwell Knight, respectively. A special feature of the congress is the 'Young Naturalists' Evening' on April 22, when a team of experts will answer questions from young naturalists. The honorary general secretary of the Union is Mr. H. Lambert, of 68 Grosvenor Avenue, Carshalton, Surrey, and the honorary local secretary for Canterbury is Mr. David Stainer, of Salisbury House, St. Thomas's Hill, Canterbury.
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South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies. Nature 163, 561 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163561b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/163561b0