In case the note on p. 35 of No. 1 of this Journal should have misled readers, Dr. J. M. Stagg, General Secretary of the International Assembly of the Union, has written to say that the next General Assembly of the Union, and therefore of the International Association of Hydrology, will be held in Norway in September, 1948. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Union at the end of 1945 it seemed possible to hold the General Assembly in 1947. But by the time an Extra-Ordinary Assembly of the Union met in Cambridge in August, 1946, it was clear that post-war difficulties in many countries would still be too great in 1947 to allow a large number of delegates to meet. It was therefore reluctantly decided to postpone the Assembly until September, 1948.
The representative of Norway, the host country, explained that his National Committee hopes to arrange for the Assembly to be held afloat for the first time. The delegates will board a specially chartered ship in Oslo and the meetings of the Union and its component Associations will be held on board as the ship sails up the west coast of Norway.
Mr. Walter D. Lambert, of Washington, D.C., President of the International Association of Geodesy, has also written expressing the hope “as one interested in the success of the Oslo meeting that your Organization will be represented there with special reference to the meetings of the Association of Hydrology through the appropriate British National Committee.”
The Society is represented on the Hydrology Sub-Committee of the National Committee and members will be informed when, later in the year, plans have taken more definite shape. Members will also be kept informed about the Constitution of the British Group of the International Commission on Snow and Glaciers (one of the Commissions of the Association of Hydrology), concerning which the Society is at present in communication with Dr. J. E. Church, President of the Commission.
Papers to be Read Before the International Committee on Snow and Glaciers
The following reporters have been appointed by the Hydrology Sub-committee of the British National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics :
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The Origin, Drift and Ablation of Icebergs as Aids in forecasting their Seasonal Appearance: Mr. J. M. Wordie.
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The Physical Changes in the Snow conducive to Run-off and particularly to Flooding:Captain W. N. McClean.
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The Study of the Crystal Structure of a Glacier and its Influence upon Glacier Movement:Mr. G. Seligman.
British contributors of papers on the above subjects should send them to the reporters, either direct or care of the British Glaciological Society, by November 1, 1947. At the Washington Meeting in 1939 sixty-one papers and reports were presented to the Commissions of Snow and of Glaciers.
