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The President spoke at some length upon this paper, and stated 

 that the printed lists of the Society would be ready on Saturday. 

 For the directorship of the sections the following were elected : — 

 The Arditeological Section . . C. L. Ivens 

 Botanical 



Geological 



Chemistry & Physics 

 Zoological 



G. H.Wollaston, Esq. 

 J. G. Grenfell, Esq. 

 R. M. Johnston 

 G. Dakyas, 



MEETING, May 29th, 1873. 

 The President in the Chair. 



The second meeting of the terra was held in the Chemistry Lecture 

 Room. Twenty members were present. 



The President acknowledged the following donations : — Prawn 

 caught at Madras by P. Duncan, O.C., Assistant Engineer, P.W.D., 

 Allahabad. 



So few members being present it was determined to postpone the 

 reading of Ivens' paper. 



The President stated that the Head Master had given his sanction 

 to the Society's proposed excursion. Some discussion took place as 

 to where the Society should go. 



MEETING, Jux\E 5th, 1873. 



The President in the Chair. 



The third meeting of the term was held in the Chemistry Room. 

 There were Forty members and visitors present. 



Donations acknowledged : Brachiopoda from J. G. Grenfell, Esq. 

 C. L. Ivens then read a paper on 



HEREFORD CATHEDRAL. 



The subject of this paper requires, I think, some apology. I have 

 perhaps gone out of my way to describe a Cathedral Church at some 

 distance from us, in preference to any of the many interesting archte- 

 ological remains in our immediate neighbourhood. My aim, however, 

 was, by describing as far as possible some of the more striking points, 

 to induce any members of this Society, when they have the time, to 

 visit one of the most venerable remains of antiquity in the West of 

 England. 



The Bishoprick of Hereford is one of the oldest in England. "We 

 hear of a Bishop of Hereford as early as the middle of the sixth 

 century. It was probably about this time that the first church was 

 built here, principally, it would appear, of wood. In connection with 



