CONTENTS. 



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The Annual General Meeting, held in the House of the 

 Society of Arts, Wednesday, June 13th, 1906. Lieut.-Gen. 

 Sir H. L. Geary, K.C.B., V.P., in the Chair 1 



Fortieth Annual Eeport 1 



New Eule regarding Election of Council 11 



Obituary Notices 12 



Letter from Mr. H. B. Ward 17 



The Bearing of Eecent Oriental Discoveries on Old 



Testament History. By the Eev. John Urquhart 18 



Discussion. Eemarks by — 



Mr. Martin L. Eouse 

 The Secretary. 



and Mr. Woodford Pilkington. 



Iceland : its History and Inhabitants. II. By Dr. Jon 

 Stefansson, Ph.D 54 



Discussion. Eemarks by — 



The Secretary, 

 Colonel Hendley, 

 Mr. Martin L. Eouse, 

 Professor Lobley, 

 Lord Halsbury, 

 AND Dr. Jon Stefansson. 



Evolutionary Law in the Creation Story of Genesis. By 



Eev. a Irving, B.A., D.Sc. 69 



Discussion. Eemarks by — 

 Dr. W. Woods Smyth, 



