1870.] 



The Devonshire Association. 



499 



Dates. 



Places. 



Presidents. 



1S62, August 14th .. .. 



Exeter 



Sir J. Bowring, LL.D., F.R.S. 



1863, July 29th .. .. 



Plymouth 



Mr. C. Spence Bate, F.R.S., F.L.S. 



1864, July 20th .. .. 



Torquay 



Mr. E. Vivian, M.A. 



1865, June 28th .. .. 



Tiverton 



Prof. Daubenv, M.D., F.R.S. 



1806, August 8th .. .. 



Tavistock 



Earl Russell, K.G., F.R.S. 



1867, July 23rd .. .. 



Barnstaple . . 



Mr. W. Pengelly, F.R.S., F.G.S. 



1868, July 28th .. .. 



Honiton 



Sir J. D. Coleridge, M.A., Q.C. 



1869, July 20th .. .. 



Dartmouth . . 



Mr. G. P. Bidder, O.E. 



1870, July 26th .. .. 



Devonport . . 



Mr. J. A. Froude, M.A. 



The earlier part of the first day of each annual meeting is 

 devoted to business, and in the evening the President delivers his 

 address, and thus "reads himself in." The next day is occupied, 

 from eleven to four o'clock, with papers and the discussions they 

 originate; and in the evening the members dine together. The 

 third day is also devoted to papers, and the meeting closes about 

 live o'clock. 



During the first five years the papers were disposed of in one 

 day, but since 1866 they have been so numerous as to furnish full 

 employment for the second day, and it is now understood that the 

 meeting will last three days. 



During the nine years a total of 152 papers have been read, 

 which may be classified thus : — 



Geology and Palaeontology . . 40 



Archaeology and History . . 35 



Botany and Zoology . . . . 23 



Meteorology 13 



Economic Science 12 



Physics 10 



Education 6 



Literature ~j 4 



Architecture 2 



Art 2 



Engineering 2 



Mental Philosophy . . . . 2 



Biography 1 



The Association claims " the right, at its discretion, of printing 

 in extenso in its ' Transactions ' all papers read at the annual meet- 

 ing," and this right has been exercised ever since the first year, 

 when abstracts only of the papers were printed. The copyright of 

 the papers, however, remains the property of the authors. 



One of the laws provides that the Association shall, within 

 three months after each annual meeting, publish its ' Transactions,' 

 including the Rules, a Financial Statement, a List of the Members, 

 Obituary Notices of all Members who have died during the year, 

 the Eeport of the Council, the President's Address, and such papers, 

 in abstract or in extenso, read at the annual meeting, as shall 

 be decided by the Council. The annual volumes are accordingly 

 in the hands of the members within the stipulated time. 



The ' Transactions ' for the first year was a pamphlet of fifty- 

 four pages, whilst that for 1869 — the last which has yet been 



