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MEETING,* March 17, 1878. 

 H. Cadman Jones, Esq., in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed, and the fol- 

 lowing Elections were announced : — 



Members : — 



R. C. L, Bevan, Esq., 25, Prince's Gate, Kensington, W. 

 R. Luke Howard, Esq., Bruce Grove, Tottenham, N. 

 E. Rigge Lloyd, Esq., Spark Hill, Birmingham. 



Associates : — 



The Rev. T. R. Birks, M.A., Professor of Moral Philosophy in the 

 University of Cambridge, Trinity Parsonage, Cambridge. 



The Rev. G. K. Flindt, M.A., Incumbent of Denmark Hill, 157, The 

 Grove, Camberwell. 



Major E. D. Smith, The Laurels, Twickenham. 



Also, the presentation of the following Books to the library : — 



" Transactions of the Royal Society." Part 142. From (he Society. 



" The Quinology of the East Indian Plantations." By J. E. Howard, Esq. 



From the Author. 



The Rev. H. Moule then read a Paper On the Testimony of a Portion of 

 the Vegetable Kingdom to the God of the Scriptures." A discussion fol- 

 lowed, in which Admiral E. P. Halsted, the Rev. J. W. Buckley, the Rev. 

 G. W. Weldon, Messrs. J. Bateman, F.R.S., C. Dibdin, .1. E. Howard, T. 

 IVIasterman, A. V. Newton, P. Vernon Smith, and the Chairman took part. 

 The Rev. H. Moule having replied, the meeting was then adjourned. 



■ Intermediate. 



