JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
VICTORIA INSTITUTE. 
OB 
PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OP GREAT BRITAIN. 
ORDINARY MEETING, March 1, 1875. 
Rev. G. Henslow, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the hist Meeting were read and confirmed, and the follow- 
ing elections were announced : — 
Members : — J. Beeston, B.A. (London). Stepney Green. 
Associates : — Rev. Garton Howard, B.A. (Cambridge), Fenny Bentley ; 
Rev. J. Wolfendale, Tutbury. 
Also the presentation of the following Works to the Library : — 
Proceedings of the Royal Society,” Part 158. From the Society. 
Proceedings of the Geological Society,” Part 121. Ditto. 
Ancient Cave Men of Devon.” By W. Pengelly. Professor Tennant. 
The Catholic Layman.” 2 vols. A. E. Gayer, Esq., Q.C. 
On Hemerozoology.” By the Rev. F. B. Goodacre, M.D. The Author. 
Design.” By Dr. Moore. The Publisher. 
Doctrine of an Unpersonal God.” By Rev. W. Martin. Ditto. 
Biology.” By Rev. Professor Watts. Ditto. 
God in Consciousness.” By Rev. J. Morris. The Author. 
Jesus the Centre.” By Rev. J. Wolfendale. Ditto. 
The following paper was then read by the author : — 
ON THE CHRONOLOGY OF RECENT GEOLOGY. 
By S. R. Pattison, Esq., F.G.S. 
T HE antiquity of man on the earth is one of the questions 
which at present stand in the way of an entente cordiale 
between religion and science. The geologist, looking at the 
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