VICTORIA INSTITUTE. 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1909. 
1. Meetings. 
The meetings of the Institute during the present session have 
been well attended and the discussions keenly maintained. 
The subjects dealt with may be arranged under the following 
heads :— 
1. ARCH#OLOGICAL. 
“ Assur and Nineveh.” By Tueoputuus G. Puycuss, LL.D., M.R.A.S. 
2. BIBLICAL. 
“The Attitude of Science towards Miracles.” By Professor H. 
LancHorneé Oxcuarp, M.A., B.Sc. [The Gunning Prize Essay. | 
“ Light, Luminaries and Life.” By Rev. A. Irvine, D.Sc., B.A. 
3. CoNTEMPORARY MOVEMENTS. 
“Determinism.” By the Ven. Archdeacon BeresrorD Porter, M.A. 
“ Heredity and Eugenics.” By the Rev. Professor A. CALDECOTT, 
M.A., D.Litt. 
4, HisToricau. 
“ Arianism and Modern Thought.” By Rev. Professor H. M. 
GwatTkIN, M.A., D.D. 
5. GEOGRAPHICAL. 
“The Ivory Islands in the Arctic Ocean.” By the Rev. D. GatH 
WHITLEY. 
6. PHILOSOPHICAL. 
“Plato’s Theory of Public Education in Relation to the Christian 
Doctrine of Human Nature.” By the Rev. H. J. R. Marston, 
M.A. 
7. SCLENTIFIC 
“ Abnormal conditions of water as a proof of Design in Creation.” 
By Professor E. Hui, LL.D., F.R.S. 
‘Species and their Origin.” By Rev. J. Gerarp, B.A., F.L.S. 
“Darwinism and Malthus.” By Rev. James Wuits, M.A. 
“ Modern Conceptions of the Universe.” By G. F. C. Srarze, Esq., 
M.A. F.R.S. [Read at 500th Ordinary General Meeting of the 
Institute. | 
