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Otm COLUMNS. 



MarcH 21, 1891. 



Elger, Capt. Glubb, Dr. Goldsmitli, Rev. Canon Haddock, Mr. Henderson, Mr. Rowland 

 Hill, Mr. Plurst, Mr. Jackson, Mr. G. E. Langley, Mr. Mayes, Rev. Dr. Poole, Mr. 

 E. Ransom, Dr. Steinmetz, Mr. C. Wells, and Rev. P. W. Wyatt. 

 The Minutes of the last Council meeting were read and confirmed. 



Dr. Steinmetz proposed that the Rev. Dr. Poole be President for the ensuing year. — 

 Seconded by Mr. Mayes, and carried. 



The chair having been taken by Dr. Poole, Dr. Goldsmith proposed, and Mr. W. H. 

 Jackson seconded, the re-election of the Vice-Presidents, viz.. Rev. J. Copner, Dr. J. 

 Coombs, Rev. Canon Haddock, Mr. Elger, Mr. G. Plurst, Mr. J. S. Phillpotts. — Carried. 



Dr. Poole proposed, and Mr. W. H. Jackson seconded, the re-election of the Hon. 

 Secretaries, viz.. Dr. Steinmetz and Mr. G. Mayes, — Carried. 



Mr. Bull proposed, and Capt. Glubb seconded, the re-election of the Book Committee, 

 viz.. Rev. J. Copner, Mr. Dymock, Mr. Elger, Rev. Canon Haddock, Mr. T. Henderson, 

 Mr. Rowland Hill, Mr. Hurst, ]\Ir. Phillpotts, Mr. E. Ransom, Mr. W. Steward, with 

 the President and Secretaries, and with the addition of the Rev. P. W. Wyatt. — Carried. 



Mr. Phillpotts proposed, and Dr. Steinmetz seconded, the re-election of the Finance 

 Committee, viz., Dr. J. Coombs, Mr. J. E. Cutcli:ffe, Mr. J. W. Hill, Mr. W. H. Jackson, 

 Mr. Chas. Wells, with the President and Secretaries. — Carried. 



The following gentlemen were elected as the Committee of the Archaeological and 

 Natural History Section, viz. : — Dr. Adams, Mr. F. A. Blaydes, Rev. J. Copner, Mr. Elger, 

 Rev. Canon Haddock, Mr. J. Hamson, Mr. T. Henderson, Dr. Phillips, and Mr. W. Steward. 



Mr. A. L. Field was appointed Auditor to the Society. 



An extra copy of the Times was ordered for the Reading Room ; to be kept there till 

 11 a.m., and then to be placed in the Library. 



BooTis ordered : — 



Smith's Dictionary of Antiquities (new Ed.) A-^ol E 

 Aristotle's Constitution of Athens. 

 A Plea for Liberty, by Herbert Spencer, ko,. 

 Milton's Poetical AVorks, ed. by Slasson, 3 vols, 

 Palgrave's Golden Treasury, 

 Lyra Elegantiarum. 

 Shelley's Adonai's, ed. by Eossetti. 

 Earle's English Prose, 



A Microscope was ordered to be purchased at a sum not exceeding £5 5s 



Morley's Studies in Literature. 

 Anti-Jacobin (to be taken for a month). 

 'I he Economic Revieiv (Lst number). 

 Anderson's Pictorial Arts of Japan. 

 Geikie's Class Book of Geology. 

 Bajdeker's Great Britain. 

 Whymper's Equatorial Andes. 



CorNCiL Meetixg, March 5, 1891, — Present: Rev. Dr. Poole (in the chair), Mr. 

 Bates, Rev. J. Copner, Mr. Dymock, Mr. Elger, Rev. Canon Haddock, Mr. Henderson, Mr 

 J. W. Hill, Mr. Rowland HiU, Mr. Mayes, Mr. E. Ransom, Mr. W. Steward, Mr. C. Wells. 



The Catalogue and Guide Book Committee was re-appointed. 



Mr. Elger read a report from the Archaeological and Natural History Section. 



Books ordered : — 



Jamin's Cours de Physique. 



MacKay of Uganda (from Smith's). 



Plumptree's Life of Penn. 



Arnold's Light of the World. 



A i\Iaiden Fair to See (from Smith's). 



Ordnance Map of Bedford (reduced to Sin. scale) 



colored geologically. 

 Further Records of my Life — Fanny Kemble (from 



Smith's). 



The Moment After — Robert Buchanan (from 



Smith' s) . 

 Bryce's Holy Roman Empire 

 Church's Life of Ericsson (from Smith's). 

 Max Miiller's Physical Religion, 

 Pacific Coast Scenic Tour (from Smith's). 



