The inaugural meeting of a local section of the Institue of Physics was held at Manchester on Friday, November 18 last. Twenty-eight members and visitors were present. This is the first local section to be formed in this country, but there have been in existence for some time local sections in Australia and India. Professor W. L. Bragg, F.Inst.P., F.R.S., was elected Chairman, and Dr. H. Lowery, F.Inst.P., Local Honorary Secretary; a provisional committee was appointed consisting of these officers and Mr. W. Jackson, A.Inst.P., Mr. F. Oldham, A.Inst.P., Mr. S. W. Redfearn, Dr. F. C. Toy, F.Inst.P., and Dr. R. S. Willows, F.Inst.P. During the course of the meeting many of those present expressed their opinions as to the directions in which the new local section would prove valuable and the general enthusiasm shown augurs well for its future success.