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JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
Belfast Field Club, 'Reports and Proceedings,' 1874-75, 1875-76; 
Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society, ' Proceedings, ' 
vol. xxi., 1875 ; Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, 
4 Memoirs,' vol. v. (third series); ' Proceedings/ vol. xv., 1875-76; 
i Catalogue of Books in Library.' Literary and Philosophical Society 
of Liverpool, i Proceedings/ vol. xxx. ; Winchester and Hampshire 
Scientific and Literary Society, ' Proceedings,' vol. ii. part 2. The 
Natural History Society of Tuscany have forwarded portions of 
their ' Atti ; ' and the Uuiversity of Christiania, a number of scien- 
tific works. 
" During the past year the Plymouth Institution has entered 
into correspondence with three additional societies — the Royal 
Botanical Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Cornwall Geological 
Society, and the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History 
Society. 
" The following works have been purchased: ' Ptolemy's Geo- 
graphy;' 6 Zoological Eecord,' 1874; 1 Geological Record,' 1874; 
4 Transactions of the Geological Society of Cornwall,' vol. v. ; vol. 
xxx. of ' Palseontographical Society's ' Series ; ' Monograph of 
British Aphides,' vol. i. (Ray Society) ; ' Maclean's Trigg Minor,' 
part 12; Harrington's Plymouth and Devonport Guide;' 'Burt's 
Yiew of the Commerce of Plymouth,' 1816; ' Lipscombe's Journey 
into Cornwall,' 1799 ; 'Rowe's Perambulation of Dartmoor;' ( Banks's 
Plymouth and Devonport Flora;' 'Kingsbridge and Salcombe His- 
torically and Topographically Depicted,' 1819; 'A Walk round 
Mount Edgcumbe,' 1821 ; < North's Week in the Isles of Scilly,' 
1850 ; Blight's Two Days in Cornwall with the Cambrian Archaeo- 
logical Association, 1862;' 6 Borlase's Historical Sketch of the Tin 
Trade in Cornwall;' ' Cumming's Churches and Antiquities of Cury 
and Gunwalloe'; ' Harvey's Mullion;' i Oliver's Pendennis and 
St. Mawes;' < Stokes's Yale of Lanherne,' 1853; and 'BottreLVs 
Traditions and Hearth-side Stories of West Cornwall,' 2 vols. 
" One new serial, ' The American Naturalist,' has been subscribed 
for. As in past years many volumes of serial works have been bound 
and placed on the shelves." 
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