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has been held, of which ten were ordinary, fifteen supple¬ 
mentary, and one excursion. At the ordinary meetings the 
following papers have been read :— 
January 24th. — On “ Egoism v. Altruism and Altruism v. Egoism, ” 
by Mr. A. Browett. 
February 28th.—On “ Trial and Compromise,” by Mr. W. K. 
Parkes. 
March 27th.—On “ Absolute and Belative Ethics,” by Mr. W. K. 
Parkes. 
April 24th and June 26th.—On Prof. Fiske’s “ Cosmic Philosophy,” 
by Mr. F. J. Ctjllis, F.G.S. 
October 23rd.—On Herbert Spencer’s essay on “ The Ethics of 
Kant,” by Mr. Herbert Stone. 
November 27th.—On “ Modern Bailwavs,” by Mr. W. P. Marshall, 
M.I.C.E. 
The average attendance at these meetings was twelve. 
At the supplementary meetings the following papers have 
been read :— 
February 18th.—On the “ Genesis of Science,” by Mr. F. J. 
Cullis, F.G.S. 
March 1st.—On “ The Origin and Function of Music,” by Prof. 
Allen. 
March 22nd.—On “ First Principles,” by Mr. W. B. Hughes, F.L.S. 
April 5th.—On “ Ultimate Scientific Ideas and Ultimate Beligious 
Ideas,” by Mr. A. Browett. 
April 19th.—On “ The Belativity of all Knowledge,” by Mr. W. B. 
Grove, M.A. 
May 3rd.—On “ The Beconciliation,” by Mr. Herbert Stone. 
May 17th.—On “Philosophy Defined,” by Mrs. Browett. 
June 7th.—On “ Progress : its Law and Cause,” by Mr. W. B. 
Hughes, F.L.S. 
June 21st.—On “ The Data of Philosophy,” by Miss Dalton. 
October 4th.—On “ The Progress of Evolution,” by Mr. W. B. 
Hughes, F.L.S. 
October 18th.—On “ Space, Time, Matter, Motion, and Force,” by 
Miss Byett. 
November 4th.—On “ The Transformation and Equivalence of 
Forces,” by Mr. W. K. Parkes. 
November 17th.—On “ The Indestructibility of Matter, the Con¬ 
tinuity of Motion, and the Persistence of Force,” by Prof. 
P OYNTING. 
December 6tli.—On “ The Transformation and Equivalence of 
Forces,” by Miss Goyne. 
December 20th.—On “ The Direction of Motion,” by Mr. A. 
Browett. 
The average attendance at these meetings has been 
thirteen. 
On Saturday, July 28th, the members and friends of the 
section made their eleventh excursion, this being to Evesham 
to visit Simon de Montfort’s country. On this occasion Mr. 
Howard Pearson read a very interesting paper on Simon de 
Montfort; and Mr. Slatter of Evesham, one on the geology 
of the district. 
