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ORDINARY MEETING, April 2, 1883. 
H. Cadman Jones, Esq. in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed, and the fol- 
lowing Elections were announced : — 
Member : — Rev. A. Jones, B.D., London. 
Associates Right Rev. J. Horden, B D., Bishop of Moosonee, Canada; 
Major-General R. S. Dobbs, Ireland ; T. Tighe Chapman, Esq., Ireland. 
Also the presentation of the following works for the library : — 
“ Proceedings of the Royal Society.” From the same . 
Two Pamphlets by President Calloway, D.D. „ 
Two „ „ Rev. A. Jones, B.D. „ 
The following paper was then read by Mr. T. K. Callard, F.G.S., the 
author being unavoidably absent : — 
THE ORIGIN OF MAN. By the Yen. John W. Bardsley, 
M.A., Archdeacon of Warrington. 
T O read a paper before the Victoria Institute, and especially 
on such a subject as “ The Origin of Man,” would over- 
whelm me with confusion, were I not secure in the indul- 
gence of my friends, the strength of my arguments, and that 
presence which the Master will vouchsafe to the least of them 
that put their trust in Him. May He vouchsafe to make my 
paper helpful to some in whose minds incipient misgivings, it 
may be, have found a place, whilst confident statements have 
been dinned into their ears in reference to “the origin of 
man,” which they themselves have had neither the time nor 
the opportunity to test. As far as is possible, I shall avoid 
loading my paper with extracts from philosophical treatises 
and the use of scientific formulae. In the selection of the 
evidence to be adduced and in the principles to be laid down. 
