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Oornislimaii, a trout caught by by him in Loe Pool, which is 

 probably a specimen of the Loch Leven trout, and a copy of the 

 British Association Eeport for 1896. 



Mr. Cornelius E. Cardew, M.I.C.E., has given the following 

 books which formerly belonged to his great grandfather, the 

 Rev. Cornelius Cardew, D.D., some time Head Master of Truro 

 Grammar School, Mayor of Truro and Eector of St. Erme ; 

 Polwhele's History of Devonshire ; The History of the Rebellion 

 and Civil Wars in England begun in 1641, by Edward, Earl of 

 Clarendon ; and Thesaurus Ecclesiasticus Provincialis, a survey 

 of the Diocese of Exeter by the Clergy of that Diocese. 



Mrs. Loring, of Antony, Devonport, has presented a 

 collection of butterflies and moths from Ceylon, consisting of 

 more than 400 specimens of butterflies and over 60 moths, and 

 including about 100 different species of the former and 50 of 

 the latter. They were well set up, evidently by an expert, in 

 six specially constructed air and damp-tight cases, so that they 

 are in an excellent state of preservation, and now that they have 

 been transferred to the museum cases they form a feature of 

 great beauty and interest. 



The usual additions to the library of the transactions of 

 kindred societies have been made during the past year. The 

 Council cannot refrain" from specially mentioning the large 

 number of valuable and costly publications received from the 

 Government of the United States — works, many of which are 

 monumental. Very valuable books have also been received from 

 the different colonies, which have been found most useful to 

 members of our Society as books of reference. Canon Moor 

 one of our vice-presidents, continues to send us the Proceedings 

 of the Royal Geographical Society, which are greatly appreciated 

 and often referred to by the subscribers. Mr. J. D. Enys 

 continues to keep our set of the Reports of the British 

 Association complete, by sending us the current report when 

 published. 



A very important work has been accomplished since our 

 last annual meeting in making a new catalogue of the library, 

 rendered necessary by the great increase of books during the 

 last few years, which included the munificent gift by the 



