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ORDINARY MEETING, May 3, 1880. 
H. Cadman Jones, Esq., M.A., in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed, and the 
following election was announced : — 
Associate : — Rev. R. Gascoyne, M.A., Bath. 
Also the presentation of the following Work for the Library : — 
“ Fossil Men” By Principal J. W. Dawson, F.R.S. From the Author. 
The following paper was then read by the Author : — 
THE LIFE OF JOSEPH, ILLUSTRATED FROM SOURCES 
EXTERNAL TO HOLY SCRIPTURE. By the Rey. 
Henry George Tomkins. 
T WO or three years ago the members of the Victoria 
Institute received with kind attention a paper on “ the 
Life of Abraham, illustrated by recent researches.” * 
In a work since published *j* I have submitted to the public 
the studies which were roughly sketched in that paper, and I 
have there anticipated much inquiry relating to the Hyksos 
and the early Shemitic influence in Lower Egypt which bears 
directly on my present topic. 
N.B . — In the following references, T.S.B.A, denotes “ Transactions of the 
Society of Biblical Archaeology : ” Zeitschr. “ Zeitschrift fur ZEgyptische 
Sprache.” The French edition of Brugsch is distinguished as Histoire, the 
English translation as Hist. Records refers to “Records of the Past” (Bagster). 
* Trans, of the Viet. Inst. Vol. XII. pp. 110 et seqq. 
t Studies on the Times of Abraham. (Bagster & Sons.) 
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