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ANNUAL MEETING. 



Eev. Canon G. F. Maclear, D.D., Fleet Surgeon J. L. Palmer, F.E.C.S., 

 Rev. A. C. Rowley, M.A., H. M. Simons, Esq., Major-General James A. 

 Steel, Lieut.-Colonel A. R. W. Sedgefield, M.B., Prof. R. Virchow, Sir 

 George Gabriel Stokes, Bart., LL.D., F.R.S. (President of the Institute). 



The most severe loss to the Institute in the above list of 

 deceased Members, all of whom were distinguished either in 

 Church or State, has been that of our late President, Sir George 

 Gabriel Stokes, who for eighteen years presided over the 

 counsels of the Institute, and as long as health and other 

 engagements permitted, took an active and personal interest 

 in its affairs. As a short account of our late President's career 

 will appear in the forthcoming volume of the Transactions, it 

 is unnecessary to add anything further here on the subject of 

 the Presidency of the Institute, except to say that it is a 

 matter of great gratification to the Council to announce the 

 acceptance of the office of President by the Lord Chancellor, 

 the Earl of Halsbury, whom we had hoped would be our 

 Chairman on this occasion. 



5. Finance. 



The income of the Institute for the past year was 

 £865 10s. M., and the expenditure £832 8s. Id., leaving a 

 balance of £oo Is. ^d. to come into this year's account. The 

 interest on the Gunning Fund no longer forms an asset to the 

 income of the Institute. 



6. MEETINGS. 



The Meetings of the Institute have been well attended, 

 and the subjects dealt with have been of the usual varied 

 character, and may be arranged under the following heads : — 



1. History. 



"The Babylonian Story of the Creation." By Theophilus G. 

 Pinches, Esq., LL.D. 



2. Geology. 



1. "On the Cheesewring of Cornwall, and its Teachings." By 



Professor Edward Hull, LL.D., F.R.S. (Secretary). 



2. " On the Geological Conditions of the West Indian Volcanoes." 



By Professor J. W. Spencer, Ph.D., F.G.S. 



3. "On Volcanic Action, with special reference to the recent 



eruptions in the West Indian Islands." By Professor J. Logan 

 Lobley, F.G.S., F.R.G.S. 



3. Biblical. 



1. " On Modern Theories concerning the Composition of Holy 

 Scripture." By Rev. John Tuckwell, M.R.A.S. 



