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afternoon meeting was held on February 28th, when 19 members 
attended, and 4 visitors to hear a Paper from the Rev. Philip 
Williams on Church Plate in Devon and Cornwall. An abstract 
of the Paper appears in these “ Proceedings” ‘as an Appendix to 
this Summary, and a generally expressed desire was intimated by 
the Members present that the reader of the Paper should extend 
his investigations into the ecclesiastical patens and chalices of the 
parishes surrounding Bath. Several specimens of antique silver, 
with various hall marks, were exhibited, and the meeting dissolved 
with a vote of thanks to the rev. gentleman for his interesting 
Paper. 
- The second Afternoon Meeting was held on May 16th to receive 
a communication from Mr. Norton Tompkins on the Supposed 
Source of the Thermal Springs of Bath. Besides 22 Members 
of the Club, a deputation from the Baths Committee of the 
Corporation, and several ladies attended the Meeting. The 
Paper of Mr. Tompkins, a synopsis of which is published at page 
113, created very considerable discussion and controversy, in 
which the Rev. H. H. Winwood, Mr. J. McMurtrie, ‘and other 
geological experts, took part. Mr. H. D. Skrine, chairman, 
thanked the reader on behalf of the Meeting for his Paper, and 
later on among the Excursions it will be seen that the Club visited 
the fault on the summit of the Mendips which Mr. Tompkins 
considers the source of our hot waters, and received further 
notes from him in support of his theory. 
The third Afternoon Meeting took place on December 12th, 
when the President of the Club gave a Paper on the Weather of 
the Past Season and its effects on the Garden. There were 25 
Members present and 7 ladies. The Paper appears at page 126 
of these Proceedings, and its reading gave rise to very consider: 
able discussion amongst those present, at the close of which a 
cordial vote of thanks was returned to the President for his 
Paper. 
The remainder of the afternoon was occupied by Lieut,-Col. 
