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gaye a large number of interesting mineralogical specimens and fossil bivalves from the 

 Isle of Wight. Archaeological relics, many of local interest (as, for instance, a Roman 

 Cinerary Urn, found in the High-street) were also presented by Mr. Hawkins. A large 

 collection of Chalk and Gi^ensand Fossils was given by Mr. W. Conington, of Devizes. 

 Mr. John Britton, the antiquary, presented two busts (of Shakespeare and Camden). 

 Dugdale's Monasticon was purchased in 1849 for £23, about £10 of which was raised by 

 public subscription, and Foxe's Acts and Monuments, 3 vols., fob, with autograjih of John 

 Bunyan, was purchased in 1841, also by public subscription. To conclude the list, Mr. 

 John Emery presented, in 1845, a mummy — the wrap2:)ages of which were subsequently 

 removed. This is still in the Library — one of the few remaining relics of the Old 

 Museum on the establishment. 



IReports of sheetings of tibe Council. 



Council Meeting held July 9, 1891. — Present: Rev. Dr. Poole (in the chair), Mr. 

 Bates, Dr. Coombs, Rev. J. Copner, Mr. Cutcliffe, Mr. H. M. Dymock, Mr. Elger, Rev. 

 Canon Haddock, Mr. T. Henderson, Mr. J. W. Hill, Mr. Rowland Hill, Mr. G. Hurst, 

 Mr. W. H. Jackson, Mr. G. Mayes, INIr. E. Ransom, Mr. Vv . Steward, Dr. Steinmetz. 



Mr. J. W. Hill presented the Report of the Finance Committee. 



The question of the authenticity of Nicolas Rowe's portrait having been referred to the 

 experts of the British Museum, and they having expressed an unfavourable opinion on the 

 subject, the Council decided not to purchase it. 



A letter was read from the Secretary of the Bunyan Bazaar thanking the Council for 

 the books and pictures lent for exhibition. 



On Mr. Elger reporting that the meteorological instruments belonging to the Society 

 had been returned by Mr. Graham, it was decided that the Natural History Section 

 should be asked to report as to the best way to utilize them. 



The following books were ordered : — 



Skeat's Principles of Etymology. 

 Life of Gladstone, by G. Kussell. 

 Unknown Switzerland, by Tissot. 



Buried Cities and Bible Countries. 

 Life of Laurence Oliphant. 

 Justice, by Herbert Spencer. 

 Life of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Ireland. 



Council Meeting held Oct. 1, 1891.— Present : Dr. Poole (in the chair), Mr. T. Bull, 

 Dr. Coombs, Rev. J. Copner, Mr. Cutcliffe, Mr. H. M. Dymock, Mr. Elger, Capt, Glubb, 

 Mr. J. W. Hill, Mr. Rowland Hill, Mr. W. H. Jackson, Mr. G. Mayes, Mr. E. Ransom, 

 Mr. W. Steward, Dr. Steinmetz. 



The question of providing additional shelf room for the books was referred to the 

 Finance Committee. 



The following books were ordered : — 

 Intentions, by Oscar Wilde. 

 Hobbes' Leviathan. 

 Solomon's Handbook of Sloyd. 

 Bear -Hunting in the White Mountains, by H. 



Seton Karr. 

 Rhoda Fleming, by G. Meredeth. 

 Browne's County Council Year Book. 

 Electricity, the science of the 19th century, by 

 Caillard. [W. T. Pitcairn. 



Two Years among the Savages of New Guinea, by 



Education and Heredity, by Guyot. 



Hull's Treatise on Ornamental and Building Stones 



of Great Britain and Foreign Countries. 

 The Retreat of the Ten Thousand, by Prof. Witt. 

 Life and Literary Remains of Edward Fitzgerald. 

 Count Von Moltke's Memoirs. 

 Golf (Badminton Library). 

 A Year in a Lancashire Garden. 

 A Trip Round the World in 1887-88, by W: S. 



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