JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
VICTORIA INSTITUTE, 
OE 
PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
ORDINARY MEETING, March 20, 1876. 
Vice-Admiral E. G. Fishbourne, C.B., R.N., in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, and the follow- 
ing elections were announced : — 
Members : — Captain C. E. Foot, R.N. ; Mrs. Corsbie, London. 
Associates : — Rev. J. Dawson, B.A., Cantab., Darley Abbey ; Rev. R. 
Green, Liverpool ; Rev. N. K. McLeod, L. Th., Ellon, Aberdeen. 
Also the presentation of the following Works to the Library : — 
“American Philosophical Society’s Journal,” Part 95. From the Society. 
“ Philosophy of Art.” By Professor Morris. The Author. 
Two smaller works, presented by Rev. R. Gordon and W. H. Ince, Esq. 
The following paper was then read by Henry Michell Whitley, F.G.S. 
A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE FLINTS FROM 
BRIXHAM CAVERN, SAID TO EE “ KNIVfiS ” * 
AND “ HUMAN IMPLEMENTS ” + By N. Whitley, 
C.E., Honorary Secretary of tlie Royal Institution of 
Cornwall. 
S O far back as July, 1858, the exploration of Brixham Cavern 
was commenced by a committee, under the auspices 
of the Royal and Geological Societies of London, of which 
* Antiquity of Man, 1st ed., pp. 100, 101. 
t Transactions of Devon Association, yol. vi. p. 828. 
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