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to be removed, and the painting itself preserved, and that the 

 Council be asked to offer their services for the purpose." 



Dr. Beddoe was unanimously and enthusiastically elected an 

 honorary member of the Institution. 



At the conclusion of the papers. Prof. Clark gave an address 

 on " Cornish Ants, Bees, and Wasps," and asked for many more 

 observers all over the county in this branch of natural history. 

 A large number are at present working with a view to obtaining 

 a representative Cornish collection. At present there are 214 

 known sj)ecies in Cornwall, compared with 166 in Devon. This 

 valuable address is not printed here. Prof. Clark having incorpo- 

 rated his remarks with his Cornish Natural History Notes 

 published in this number of the Journal. 



Mr. Doubleday, editor of the forthcoming "Victorian His- 

 tory of the Counties of England," in response to an inquiry as to 

 the progress being made with that great work, said that arrange- 

 ments were being made for early attention being given to the 

 volumes on Cornwall. 



Mr. J. D. Enys asked all who could do so to supply the 

 Council with particulars of the ancient stained and painted glass 

 of the county. 



Ou the motion of the Yen. Archdeacon Cornish, seconded by 

 Capt. Henderson, thanks were accorded the authors of papers ; 

 and a similar compliment was j5aid to the president on the motion 

 of Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence, seconded by Sir George Smith. 

 In moving the proposition Sir Edwin took occasion to comment on 

 Sir Pobert Harvey's generosity in having offered to bear the cost 

 of restoring the portrait of Anthony Payne, Sir Bevil Grrenvill's 

 gigantic retainer, a beautiful painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 

 which Sir Robert had presented to the Museum some years before 



