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contributions to the Endowment Fund has been given by 
those unconnected with the Society. 
9. The arrears of subscription are now as follows : — 
1869. 1870. 1872. 1873. 
Members 1 2 1 8 
Associates — — 14 
1 2 2 12 
10. The estimated ordinary assets of the Institute for the 
current year, exclusive of arrears and of new subscribers, are 
as follows : — 
Annual Subscribers. 
268 Members, at £2. 2s £562 16 
193 Associates, at £1. Is 202 13 
Vice-Patrons, Life Members, and 
Life Associates. 
(Dividend on £508. 1 1 s. 1 d. Three 
per Cent. Stock) 15 0 
Total £780 9 
Meetings. 
11. The following is a list of the papers for the present 
session, viz. : — 
The Identity of Reason in Science and Religion. By the Rev. R. Mitciikll. 
(Dec. 1, 1873.) 
Magnitudes in Creation and their bearings on Biblical Interpretation. By 
the Rev. J. H. Titcomb, M.A. Paper on the same, by Professor Ciiallis, 
F.R.S. ; with communications from the Astronomer Royal’s Department, 
the Radcliffe Observer, and Professor Pritchard, F.R.S. (Jan. 5, 1874.) 
On Buddhism. By the Right Rev. Bishop Piers C. Claughton, D.D., &c., 
with communications from Professors Chandler and Brewer. (Held at 
the House of the Society of Arts, Jan. 19.) 
The Contrast between Crystallization and Life. By John Eliot Howard, 
Esq., F.L.S. (Feb. 2.) 
The Brixham Cavern and its Testimony to the Antiquity of Man — examined. 
By N. Whitley, Esq., Sec. Royal Inst, of Cornwall. (Feb. 10.) 
On the Rules of Evidence as applicable to the Credibility of History. By 
W. Forsyth, Esq., Q.C., LL.D., M.P. (March 2.) 
