120 SPUING MEETING. 



Major Parkyn, Hon. Sec, stated that since the gift of the 

 very valuable collection of books made, by the late Mr. G. Freeth 

 of Duporth, to this Institution, undoubtedly the acquisition of 

 the Tonkin MSS. purchased in the spring of this year, at the 

 sale of Mr. Borlase's books, in London, has been the most im- 

 portant addition which the library has received for many years. 

 The gift of Tonkin M8S. generously made to this Society by Mr. 

 Basset of Tehidy, deserved more than a passing notice, and a 

 permanent record of it had been made in the form of a resolu- 

 tion passed at a recent Council Meeting, a copy of which was 

 forwarded to Mr. Basset. Our president has, I believe, had 

 some other MSS. handed to him by Mr. H. S. Stokes, of 

 Bodmin, for the benefit of this Institution. 



The President then delivered his address, which is printed in 

 the present number of the Journal. 



The following papers were next read : — 



" The so-called Eaised Beach at Falmouth," by N. Whitley, 

 F.E.M.S. 



" Sir Henry de Bodrugan," by H. Michell Whitley, F.G.S. 



" Microbes," by H. M. Jeffery, F.E.S. 



"Archaic Eocks in Cornwall," by W. Clark. 



The President said the valuable MSS. presented by Mr. 

 Stokes ought to be designated the "Taunton MSS," as some of 

 them were written by, and aU had been in the possession of Dr. 

 Taunton, one of the physicians of the Eoyal Cornwall Infirmary. 

 The collection contained a number of most interesting original 

 documents referring to Truro, together with copies of many 

 ancient deeds, and original notes made by Dr. Taunton himself, 

 who married the daughter of Whitaker. The society now 

 possessed the Tonkin, the Whitaker, and the Taunton MSS. 



The President called attention to some old bills in connection 

 with the Truro Town Council, which he said were of an amusing 

 character. One of the biUs was for the supply of a large quan- 

 tity of drink because it was the King's birthday, and another 

 was for drink and tobacco "at the setting the towl corn beame 

 and scales and kea." In those days they made anything an 



