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JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
The whole of the Lectures announced on the cards were read 
and discussed, and larger audiences than during former years have 
been present, the average attendance being seventy-seven. 
Two lecturing members, thirty associates, seven lady associates, 
and four junior associates have joined the Society during the year, 
the numbers on the books now being seventy-one members, one 
hundred and fifteen associates, fourteen lady associates, and five 
junior associates. 
The Society has lost by death one of its honorary members, 
Mr. W. Froude, of Chelston Cross, Torquay, and a corresponding 
member, Mr. E. Hearle Eodd, of Penzance — short notices of 
whom will appear in our Obituary. 
The annual excursion was held on the 19th June, at Two 
Bridges and Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor, and was attended by a 
large number of members and visitors, who returned to a tea pro- 
vided at the Bedford Hotel, Tavistock. 
At the Anniversary meeting, held on May 1st, and which was 
well attended, the following short papers were read and discussed ; 
viz. : 
" On Tiles found on the site of Plympton 
Priory " . . . . The President. 
" Notice of Earthquake Shocks felt in Ply- 
mouth on April 8th and 30th " . Mr. C. Oxland. 
" The Metric System of Weights, Measures, 
and Coinage " . . Mr. Gale Rew. 
" Bibliotheca Devoniensis " . . . Mr. R. N. AVorth, f.g.s. 
" A Literary Phenomenon " . . . Dr. R. Oxland, f.c.s. 
" Relics of the Stone Age at Staddon 
Heights " . . . . Mr. Francis Brent. 
The first Conversazione, held on October 9th, 1879, was entirely 
of a scientific character. The following apparatus was exhibited 
and explained : 
Harmonograph . . . . Mr. F. J. Webb. 
Phonograph ..... Mr. R. N. Worth. 
Ice-Manufacturing Apparatus . . . Dr. R. Oxland. 
Remington's Type -Writer . . . Mr. F. J. Webb. 
Protectors of Telegraph Apparatus from Lightning Mr. W t ebber. 
Mr. R. N. Worth read a paper on "Recent Geological Discoveries 
in the Neighbourhood." 
The second Conversazione, held on January 8th, 1880, was 
devoted to the fine arts. A number of excellent pictures, in oils 
and water colours, by local artists, were exhibited, and some first- 
