447 
promised to be paid immediately. The Council beg to ex- 
press their extreme regret that, in consequence of these 
irregularities, several Members and Associates were put 
to the annoyance of receiving applications for Subscriptions 
which they had already paid, and that this led to several 
withdrawals from the Society. It was also discovered, on 
examination, that 14 Members and 2 First-Class Associates 
had withdrawn prior to the date of the last Annual Report, 
but whose names were omitted to be taken off the books 
for 1868. 
8. A Finance Committee of the Council having been 
appointed to examine into the affairs of the Institute, they 
have made the following recommendations : — (1) That a 
further sum of £63 be invested in the names of the Trustees ; 
and (2) That a standing Finance Committee be appointed ; 
both of which recommendations will be carried into effect. 
The Committee also expressed satisfaction with the manner 
in which the Books and Accounts are kept by the present 
Secretary. 
Meetings . 
9. During the Session just closed fifteen Ordinary Meetings 
have been held ; and the following is a List of the Papers 
read and discussed : — 
Ethical Philosophy, and its Relations to Science and Revelation. By the 
Rev. W. W. English, M.A., M.Y.I. (Read and discussed Dec. 7th and 
21st, 1868.) 
Some Uses of Sacred Primeval History. By Domintck McCausland, Esq., 
Q.C., LL.D., M.Y.I. (Jan. 4th, 1869.) 
The Relation of Reason to Philosophy, Theology, and Revelation. By the 
Rev. C. A. Row, M.A., M.Y.I. (Jan. 18th.) 
An Analysis of Human Responsibility. (Three Papers.) By the Rev. Dr. 
Irons, M.Y.I. (Feb. 1st, March 1st, and June 7th.) 
The Doctrine of Creation according to Darwin, Agassiz, and Moses. By the 
Rev. Professor Kirk, M.Y.I. (Feb. 15th.) 
The Noachian Deluge. By the Rev. M. Davison, M.Y.I. (March 15th.) 
Life — Its Origin : an Examination of some Modern Opinions. By J. H. 
Wheatley, Esq., F.G.S., Hon. Local Sec. Y. I., Sligo. (April 5th.) 
Man’s Place in Creation. By Professor Macdonald, M.D. (April 19th.) 
More than one Universal Deluge recorded in Scripture. By the Rev. H. 
Moule, M.A., M.Y.I. (May 3rd.) 
Certain Analogies between the Methods of Deity in Nature and iu Revela- 
tion. By the Rev. G. Henslow, M.A., M.V.I. (May 10th.) 
The Respective Provinces of the Observer and the Reasoner in Scientific 
Investigation. By the Rev. Edward Gaebett, M.A., M.Y.I. (May 17th.) 
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