8 Annual Report and Transactions of the Plymouth Institution 
1864. 
Bee. 1. On the Works of Mr. Euskin Mr. F. H. Balkwill. 
„ 8. The Food of the People ,, A. P. Prowse. 
„ 15. Volcanoes ,, A. P. Prowse. 
1865. 
Jan. 5. Conversazione. 
„ 12. Numismatics : Uses of the Study 
of Coins „ W. J. Spry. 
„ 19. The Chinese : Sketches of their 
History and Customs T. W. Coffin, jun. 
„ 26. Physical Properties of the Atmo- 
sphere „ J. N. Hearder. 
Feb. 2. Louis XIV. and his Times „ H. Whiteford. 
„ 9. Eoman-British Antiquities recently 
discovered in the neighbour- 
hood of Plymouth „ C. S. Bate, f.r.s., f.l.s. 
16. Federal Governments ,, A. Booker. 
„ 23. Some Recent French Scientific 
Theories Rev. J. Erskine Risk, m.a. 
Mar. 2. The Holy Places at Jerusalem „ F. H. Scrivener, m.a. 
„ 9. Slavery in Ancient Rome Mr. R. F. Weymouth, m.a. 
„ 16. Cuneiform Inscriptions ,, W. J. Spry. 
„ 23. The Nile „ S. Cater. 
„ 30. The Red Sandstones, Conglome- 
rates, and Marls of Devon. 
Part III. ,, W. Penoelly, f.r.s. 
There were a few unavoidable variations from the prospectus 
as originally issued. Many of the debates were animated and 
interesting; but we must regret the rare attendance of some 
Members who have in former years been accustomed to take a 
leading part in the discussion of the papers read before the Society. 
Of the Lectures, especial notice may be directed to six, as 
bearing upon subjects connected with the neighbourhood of Ply- 
mouth and the two counties : — viz. The Primitive Races of 
Devon," which has since been printed, with some modifications, in 
a local magazine * ; " On a Cornish Kjokkenmodding ; " " On the 
* See " Clack : A Journal of Literary, Scientifick, and Artistick Talk for 
One and All in the Counties of Devon and Cormvall." — Nos. 1, 3, & 4. 
