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seized with a desire, so common in the other parishes, to melt 

 down the old plate and replace it by modern. The plate was 

 typical of that used in all the parishes immediately after the 

 Presbyterian regime. The cups bore the date 1699 and the 

 most recent date on any of the plate was 1734. At St. 

 Peter's the plate was partly old, partly modern, some of the 

 old having been melted down in 1831. At the Forest the 

 plate was all of the eighteenth century or earlier. One of the 

 inscriptions included the words (in French), the "parish of the 

 Trinity of the Forest." Mr. Curtis said that his next paper 

 would deal with the plate at St. Andrew's, Torteval, the Yale, 

 St. Martin's, and Sark. The old plate at St. Martin's had all 

 been melted down and replaced by modern, as had been done 

 at the Town Church. 



Col. de Guerin spoke in praise of the paper read by Mr. 

 Curtis and remarked that the Forest parish is described in 

 many old contracts as the parish of the Trinity of the Forest. 



In response to a request, the Rev. B. de la Rogerie 

 described a Spanish chalice at St. Joseph's Church. It was 

 not very old, but it was one of the interesting pieces of Church 

 plate in the island. 



After some further discussion, a vote of thanks was 

 given to Mr. Curtis, and the meeting terminated. 



This paper will be found printed in extenso in the 

 Transactions. 



The Thirty-first Annual Meeting of the Society icas held 

 on Wednesday ', Dec. 10th, the President, Mr. F. L. Tanner, in 



the chair. 



Mr. J. W. Parkes was elected a junior member. 



Mr. R. Metman read the report of the Botanical Section, 

 and exhibited mounted specimens of ferns and grasses. 



Mr. C. G. de la Mare read the report of the Geological 

 Section. Some discussion followed on the properties of blue 

 clay, the existence of which in various parts of the island led 

 Mr. Collenette to consider that the island had been com- 

 pletely submerged at some time. 



The report of the Marine Zoological Section was read by 

 Mr. F. L. Tanner, in the course of which he described the 

 habits of some occupants of his aquarium. 



The report of the Ornithological Section was read by 

 Mr. B. T. Rowswell. 



The Council's report was read by Mr. Carey Curtis, who 

 described the find at St. Sampson's Church of pre-Reformation 



