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meeting all incumbrances will be cleared, and a balance left for 

 promoting the various objects of the Institution. 



The following papers have been read since the last report : 



1. On the Literature of Cornish Geology. By John Forbes, 

 M.D. Secretary. 



2. An Account of Copper exported from, and imported into, 

 Great Britain from 1796 to 1817 inclusive. Extracted from 

 Parliamentary Records, and presented to the Society. By John 

 Hearle Tremayne, Esq. M.P. Member of the Society. 



3. On the Advantages to be derived from the Study of Natural 

 History. By Dr. Forbes. 



4. On Floors of Tin. By John Hawkins, Esq. F.R.S. M.G.S. 

 Honorary Member of the Society. 



5. On the various Relations oi* the Veins of Cornwall to each, 

 other, and to the containing Rocks ; with the View of ascertain- 

 ing their relative Ages. By Joseph Carne, Esq. F.R.S. M.G.S. 

 Member of the Society. 



6. On the Nomenclature of Cornish Rocks. By John Haw- 

 kins, Esq. F.R.S. M.G.S. Honorary Member of the Society. 



7. On the Discovery of Hydrargyllite. By Miss Hill. 



8. On the Hornblende Formation of the Parish of Saint Clere. 

 By the Rev. John Rogers, Member of the Society. 



9. On the Knowledge and Commerce of Tin among ancient 

 Nations. By the Rev. Samuel Greatheed. 



10. On the Geology of the West of Cornwall. By Dr. Forbes. 



1 1 . On the supposed Intercourse of ancient Nations, particu- 

 larly the Phoenicians, with the Natives of Great Britain. By 

 Henry Boase, Esq. Treasurer of the Society. 



12. On Stream-Works. By Henry Boase, Esq. 



13. Notice of the Quantity of Tin raised in Cornwall in the year 

 ending June 30, 1818. By Joseph Carne, Esq. F.R.S. M.G.S. fee. 



14. An Account of the Produce of the Copper Mines of Corn- 

 wall in the Year ending June 30, 1818. By Joseph Carne, Esq. 

 F.R.S. &c. 



15. An Account of Copper produced in Great Britain and 

 Ireland in the Year ending June 30, 1818. By Joseph Carne, 

 Esq. F.R.S. &c. 



16. Notice on the Geology of the Isle of Wight, in Reference 

 to a Set of Specimens. By R. G. Kirkpatrick, Esq. 



At the Anniversary Meeting, Oct. 6, 1818, Davies Gilbert, 

 Esq. M.P. F.R.S. President, in the Chair, the Report of the 

 Council being read, 



Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be presented, 



1 . To the authors of the various papers read ; to the donors of 

 specimens, respectively ; and more especially to J. H. Vivian, 

 Esq. to John Paynter, Esq. and Ashhurst Majendie, Esq. for 

 their very liberal donations. 



2. To Dr. Paris for his obliging and able supervision of the 

 publication of the first volume of the Society's Transactions. 



3. To the officers of the Society, lively; and, in a par- 



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