6 SPRING MEETING. 



Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 



The Bay Society. 



Palseontographical Society 



Journal of the Mineralogical Society. 



Nature. 



Episcopal Register, Diocese of Exeter, by Eev. Preb. ") g^.^^ April 1 886 

 Hingeston Kandolph ) ^ ' 



Blight's Churches of West Cornwall 23rd April, 1886. 



PRESENTS TO THE MUSEUM. 



Vanadinite, from the Mammoth Mine, Tuscon, Arizona, "1 Presented by 



U.S.A. ; Conicholcite from the American Eagle > Mr. R. Pearce, E.G.S., 

 Mine, Utah, U.S.A. ... ) Denver. Colorado. 



Pumice Stones picked up floating on the sea, ... > j^j^ Howard Fox 



A large Inscribed Stone from Iquique, S. America, 7 Mr. Robt. Harvey. C.E. 

 evidently describing the journey of one of the Tribes ) 



The following Papers were then read : — 



" Morphology and Development of the Anther" — J. Snell. 



"Notes on some points connected with the early history of 

 the Nautical Almanac " — E. Dunkin, F.E.S. 



"What traces are there left of the old language?" — Eev. 

 A. H. Malan. 



" Flint Flakes and Small Stone Implements in Cornwall" — 

 T. Brent, F.S.A. 



"The Apple Tree"— Thos. Cragoe, F.E.G.S. 



"The destruction of Arwenack during the Civil War'' — 

 H. Michell Whitley, F.G.S. 



" The early Acceptation of the name of Falmouth" — H. M. 

 Jeffery, F.E.S. 



Two maps, (1) of the river Fal and its tributaries, and (2) 

 of the shores of Falmouth Harbour, made in the reign of Queen 

 Elizabeth. Exhibited and described by H. M. JefPery, F.E.S., 

 emendations in the Itinerary of William of Worcester which 

 refer to Falmouth Haven and G-lasney College. 



"The Igneous Eocks of S.E. Cornwall "—E. N. Worth, 

 F.G.S. 



" Early Christian Eemains in Cornwall " — Eev.W. S. Lach- 

 Szyrma, M.A. 



" The Mother Lode of California "—J. H. Collins, F.^.S. 



Votes of thanks to the Authors of Papers, to the Donors of 

 gifts, to the Museum and Library, and to the Chairman were 

 passed unanimously. 



