1 84 Proceedings. 



Ordinary Meeting, February 19, 1889. 



Professor OsBORNE Reynolds, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



Dr. A. HODGKINSON and Mr. R. HOLMES, B.A., were 

 appointed auditors of the Society's accounts. 



A coloured representation of the Roman pavement at 

 Leicester, part of which was uncovered in 1832 and the 

 remainder in 1885, sent by the Leicester Literary and 

 Philosophical Society, was exhibited. 



The President referred to the recent earthquake in 

 Manchester, the occurrence of which at Fallowfield he timed 

 at 10.36 p.m. 



Dr. G. H. Bailey read a paper " On Vitrified Cement 

 from an Ancient Fort." 



Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill read a paper " On a form of 

 Plantago niaritima, new to this country." 



