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BYE-LAWS AND STANDING ORDERS.

1. IN the interests of the Association it is desirable that the President's Address in each year be printed previous to its delivery.

2. In the event of there being at an Annual Meeting more Papers than can be disposed of in one day, the reading of the residue shall be continued the day following.

3. The pagination of the Transactions shall be in Arabic numerals exclusively, and carried on consecutively, from the beginning to the end of each volume; and the Transactions of each year shall form a distinct and separate volume.

4. The Honorary Secretary shall bring to each Annual Meeting of the Members a report of the number of copies in stock of each 'Part' of the Transactions, with the price per copy of each 'Part' specified; and such report shall be printed in the Transactions next after the Treasurer's financial statement.

5. The Honorary Secretary shall prepare and bring to each Annual Meeting brief Obituary Notices of Members deceased during the previous year, and such notices shall be printed in the Transactions.

6. An amount not less than the sum of the Compositions of all existing Life-Members shall be kept at Interest in the names of the Treasurer and General Secretary.

7. The Secretary shall, within one month of the close of each Annual Meeting of the Association, send to each Member newly elected at the said Meeting a copy of the following letter:

Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art.

of

SIR, I have the pleasure of informing you that on the July, you were elected a Member of the Association on the

nomination of

The copy of the Transactions for the current year, which will be forwarded to you in due course, will contain the Laws of the Association. Meanwhile I beg to call your attention to the following

statements:

(1) Every Member pays an Annual Contribution of Ten Shillings, or a Life Composition of Five Pounds.

(2) The Annual Contributions are payable in advance, and are due in each year on the day of the Annual Meeting.

(3) Members who do not, on or before the day of the Annual Meeting, give notice in writing or personally to the General Secretary of their intention to withdraw from the Association are regarded as Members for the ensuing year.

The Treasurer's address is-EDWARD VIVIAN, Esq., Woodfield, Torquay.—I remain, Sir, your faithful Servant,

Hon. Sec.

8. The reading of any Paper shall not exceed twenty minutes, and in any discussion which may arise, no speaker shall be allowed to speak more than ten minutes.

9. Papers to be read to the Annual Meetings of the Association must strictly relate to Devonshire, and must be handed, together with all Drawings to be used in illustrating them in the Transactions of the Association, to the General Secretary at or before the first Meeting of the Council on the first day of the Annual Meeting; and all Rules and Standing Orders connected with Papers read to the Association shall be printed in the Annual Circular.

10. Papers communicated by Members for Non-Members, and accepted by the Council, shall be placed in the Programme below those furnished by Members themselves.

11. Papers which have been accepted by the Council cannot be withdrawn without the consent of the Council.

12. The Council will do their best so to arrange Papers for reading as to suit the convenience of the authors; but the place of a Paper cannot be altered after the Programme has been settled by the Council.

13. Papers which have already been printed in extenso cannot be accepted, unless they form part of the literature of a question on which the Council has requested a Member or Committee to prepare a report.

14. Every meeting of the Council shall be convened by Circular, sent by the General Secretary to each Member of the Council, not less than ten days before the Meeting is held.

15. All Papers read to the Association which the Council shall decide to print in extenso in the Transactions, shall be sent to the printer, together with all drawings required in illustrating them, on the day next following the close of the Annual Meeting at which they were read..

16. All Papers read to the Association which the Council shall decide not to print in extenso in the Transactions, shall be returned to the authors not later than the day next following the close of the Annual Meeting at which they were read; and abstracts of such Papers to be printed in the Transactions shall not exceed one-fourth of the length of the Paper itself, and must be sent to the General Secretary on or before the seventh day after the close of the Annual Meeting.

17. The Author of every Paper which the Council at any Annual Meeting shall decide to print in the Transactions shall be expected to pay for all such illustrations as in his judgment the said Paper may require; but the Council may, at their discretion, vote towards the expense of such illustrations any sum not exceeding the balance in hand as shown by the Treasurer's Report to the said Meeting, after deducting all Life Compositions, as well as all Annual Contributions received in advance of the year to which the said Report relates, which may be included in the said balance.

18. The printer shall do his utmost to print the papers in the Transactions in the order in which they were read, and shall return every Manuscript to the author as soon as it is in type, but not before. They shall be returned intact, provided they are written on loose sheets and on one side of the paper only.

19. Excepting mere verbal alterations, no Paper which has been read to the Association shall be added to, without the written approval and consent of the General Secretary; and no additions shall be made except in the form of notes or postscripts, or both.

20. In the intervals of the Annual Meetings, all Meetings of the Council shall be held at Exeter, unless some other place shall have been decided on at the previous Council Meeting.

21. When the number of copies on hand of any 'Part' of the Transactions is reduced to twenty, the price per copy shall be increased 25 per cent.; and when the number has been reduced to ten copies, the price shall be increased 50 per cent. on the original price.

22. The Bye-Laws and Standing Orders shall be printed after the "Rules" in the Transactions.

23. All resolutions appointing committees for special service for the Association shall be printed in the Transactions next before the President's Address.

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL.

As presented at the General Meeting, at Ashburton, July 25th, 1876.

IN presenting this their Fourteenth Annual Report, the Council have the gratification to renew those congratulations on the progress and prosperity of the Association which it has been their pleasure uniformly to offer since the Association was originally established. The high character and great merit of the papers offered for acceptance continue to be maintained, and there is no diminution in the progressive growth of the number of members.

The Fourteenth Annual Meeting was held at Torrington, under the Presidency of R. J. King, Esq., commencing on Tuesday, July 27th, and continuing on the two following days.

After the Council had transacted its annual business, at three o'clock the members were formally received by the Corporation in the Town Hall, the Mayor (Mr. Jackson) presiding. Mr. Doe (the Town Clerk) read an Address, which expressed the Corporation's deep sense of the honour conferred on the town by the visit of the Association, assuring them that, though they could not boast of any distinguished votaries of science, literature, and art among themselves, they fully appreciated the disinterested labours of students in those branches of learning which have so greatly aided the progress of civilization, and the promotion of human happiness. In offering a hearty welcome to their visitors, they earnestly hoped that the meeting then begun might be gratifying to all engaged in it, and be remembered with feelings of pleasure, unalloyed with disappointment or regret.

The Mayor then presented the Address for the acceptance of the meeting, and in doing so added his hearty welcome. The Address was accepted on behalf of the Association by the Rev. Treasurer Hawker, and acknowledged in graceful and appropriate terms.

The General Meeting was then held, and their labours having been completed, the Members made their way to the Castle Green, where, under a large tent erected for the occasion, an excellent dinner was provided by the Mayor and Corporation, covers being laid for about two hundred guests.

In the evening, at 8 p.m., the President delivered his Introductory Address to a large and appreciative audience. On Wednesday, the 28th, the Association met at 11 a.m., and commenced the reading and discussion of the following programme of Papers:

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Fauna of Devon, Part XII.-Fishes
Thomas Benet: a Biographical Sketch

A Biographical Notice of the late Mr.

Rev. Frederic T. Colby, B.D., &c.

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W. Pengelly, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c.

Rev. Treasurer Hawker, M.A.

W. C. Lake, M.D.

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E. Parfitt.

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Paul Q. Karkeek.

Thomas Fowler, of Torrington, with Rev. Hugh Fowler, M.A.
some account of his Inventions

On the Sand and Clay Beds on the Hoe,

Plymouth

R. N. Worth, F.G.S.

Tawton; the first Saxon Bishoprick of J. R. Chanter.

Devonshire

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The Common Seals of Devon. Part iii.. R. N. Worth, F.G.S.

Notes and Queries on Folk-Lore

Devonshire Farm Lads.

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Notes on Recent Notices of the Geology and Palæontology of Devonshire

R. J. King, M.A.

Rev. Treasurer Hawker, M.A.

W. Pengelly, F.R.S., F.G.B., &C.

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