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Vol. II. MAY, 1867. No. 5. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
Thursday, May 2nd 1867. — Major Thomas Austin, F.G.S., in 
the chair. 
The Hon. Secretary apologised for the absence, on account of illness, 
of the President, and of one of the Vice-Presidents, Mr. Thomas Pease, 
F.G.S. He then read the minutes of the last ordinary meeting, and an- 
nounced that the Council had elected the following gentlemen as ordinary 
members : — 
Rev. William Spicer, Rev. Alexander Poole, Precentor of Bristol 
Cathedral, Mr. W. R. Browne, Mr. Charles Townsend, Mr. James Busvine 
Butler. 
Also that the following donations to the Library had been received : — 
From the Entomological Section : " The Entomologist," vol. for 1864-5 j 
the " Entomological Magazine," vols. 1, 2. 
From the Geological Section : "Geological Record," vol I., 1864. 
From Mr. John Strachey Hare : " On Radiation," by Prof. Tyndall. 
A vote of thanks to the respective donors was carried by acclamation. 
Mr. Leipner then referred to the paragraph which had appeared in the 
Bristol Daily Post on April 29th, announcing the intended dissolution of 
the Society. The Council had investigated the matter, and discovered that 
his (Mr. Leipner's) handwriting and signature had been copied and forged, 
and an old letter of his also made use of, in order to impose upon the Editor of 
the Daily Post. The document was handed round for the inspection of 
the members present. Mr. Leipner then justified the views expressed by 
