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ORDINARY MEETING, April 5, 1875. 
C. Brooke, Esq., F.R.S., Y.P., in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, and the follow- 
ing elections were announced : — 
Member : — J. Wood, Esq., Birkenhead. 
Associates : — Rev. H. de la Corn- de Brisay, M.A. (Oxon.), Oxford ; Rev. 
R. H. Gray, M.A. (Oxon.), R.D., Hon. Canon of Chester, Exam. 
Chaplain to Bishops of Chester and Sodor and Man ; R. S. Boddington, 
Esn., Markham Square ; A. Gardner, Esq., Paisley ; Lieut.-Colonel G. 
Hutchinson, C.S.I., Inspector-General Punjab Police ; J. Smith, Esq., 
Cambridge Terrace. 
Also the presentation of the following Works to the Library. 
“ Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society,” Parts 2 and 3, Y ol. NIX. 
' From the Society. 
“ Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology,” Yol. III. Ditto. 
“ Science based on Religion.” By Rev. J. G. M‘Vicar, 1).D., LL.D. 
x The Author. 
The following paper was then read by the Rev. T. M. Gorman, M.A., the 
author being unavoidably absent. 
THE RELATION OF THE SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT 
OF THE DELUGE TO PHYSICAL SCIENCE. By 
Professor Challis, M.A., F.R.S., F.R.A.S. 
rjYHE inquiry I have undertaken to make respecting the 
JL hearing of modern physical science, especially the science 
of geology, on the account given in Scripture of the Noachian 
Deluge, will he conducted in the following manner. I begin 
with assuming that the statements of Scripture relative to the 
natural operations which immediately caused the Deluge are 
descriptive of actual occurrences, as they would have appeared 
at the time to an unscientific observer, and on this hypothesis 
I shall endeavour to extract from these statements the precise 
