APPENDIX (B). 
OBJECTS, CONSTITUTION & BYE-LAWS 
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^{nlosopljiral jSocretir of (great Britain, 
Adopted at the First Annual General Meeting of the Members 
and Associates, held on Monday, May 21th, 1867. 
§ I. Objects . 
1. The Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of 
Great Britain, is established for the purpose of promoting 
the following objects, viz. : — 
First. To investigate fully and impartially the most important 
questions of Philosophy and Science, but more especially 
those that bear upon the great truths revealed in Holy 
Scripture, with the view of defending these truths against 
the oppositions of Science, falsely so called. 
Second. To associate together men of Science and authors 
who have already been engaged in such investigations, 
and all others who may be interested in them, in order to 
strengthen their efforts by association ; and, by bringing 
together the results of such labours, after full discussion, 
in the printed transactions of an Institution, to give 
greater force and influence to proofs and arguments which 
might be regarded as comparatively weak and valueless, 
or be little known, if put forward merely by individuals. 
Third. To consider the mutual bearings of the various scientific 
conclusions arrived at in the several distinct branches into 
which Science is now divided, in order to get rid of con- 
tradictions and conflicting hypotheses, and thus promote 
