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THE concluding general meeting of the British Association at Toronto was held on Wednesday, August 25. Special thanks were accorded to Prof. Macallum, the leading local secretary, for the active share he had taken in making the meeting such a very successful one. The total attendance at the meeting was announced as 1362. The Times correspondent reports the following facts of interest:— Among the important new grants are 50/. towards the Meteorological Observatory in Montreal, 75/. for the biology of the lakes of Ontario, 125/. for the anthropology and natural history of Torres Straits, 100/. for the investigation of changes associated with the activity of nerve cells—total grants, 1350/. A new committee of great importance has been appointed. The Council was requested to consider the desirability of approaching the Government with a view to the establishment in Great Britain of experimental agricultural stations similar in character to those which are producing such satisfactory results in Canada. The committee is to report on the means by which in various countries agriculture is advanced by research, by special educational institutions, and by the dissemination of information and advice among agriculturists. The Association is to meet in Bristol next year, and in Dover in 1899.