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human family, and the forebodings of poetic 
fancy. The cosmogony of ancient nations 
generally commences with clouds and dark- 
ness. “Neither,” adds the same great physicist, 
* c is the Mosaic tradition very divergent, par- 
ticularly when we remember that that which 
Moses names ‘ heaven ’ is different from the 
blue dome above us, and is synonymous with 
space, and that the unformed earth, and the 
waters of the great deep, which were after- 
wards divided into waters above the firmament 
and waters below the firmament, resembled the 
chaotic components of the world.” 
The Peesident then informed the meeting 
that they had next to proceed to the election 
of officers for the ensuing year. 
It was proposed, and carried by acclamation 
— “ That Chief Justice Cockle be re-elected 
President.” 
The following elections were then proceeded 
with : — Mr. C. Coxen, Vice-President ; Mr, 
Alexander Raff, Treasurer ; Rev. J. Bliss, Se- 
cretary ; Messrs. Jennings and Townson, 
Auditors. 
The result of the ballot showed that the fol- 
lowing gentlemen were elected to serve on the 
Council^ namely, Dr. O’Doherty, Mr. W„ 
Pettigrew, Mr. Wight, Dr. Waugh, and the 
Rev. J. Matthews. 
The Peesident having announced the result 
of the elections, the meeting terminated. 
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