decide to print in extenso in the Transactions, shall be sent to the printers, together with all drawings required in illustrating them, on the day next following the close of the Annual Meeting at which they were read. 19. 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 onefourth 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. 20. 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. 21. The printers shall do their 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. After deducting the amount received by the sale of Transactions from last year's valuation, and adding the value of Transactions for the current year, a deduction of 10 per cent. shall be every year made from the balance, and this balance, less 10 per cent., shall be returned as the estimated value of the Transactions in stock for the current year. 26. The Association's Printers, but no other person, may reprint any Committee's Report printed in the Transactions of the Association, for any person, whether a Member of the said Committee, or of the Association, or neither, on receiving, in each case, a written permission to do so from the Honorary Secretary of the Association, but not otherwise; that the said printer shall pay to the said Secretary, for the Association, sixpence for every fifty Copies of each half sheet of eight pages of which the said Report consists; that any number of copies less than fifty, or between two exact multiples of fifty, shall be regarded as fifty; and any number of pages less than eight, or between two exact multiples of eight, shall be regarded as eight; that each copy of such Reprints shall have on its first page the words "Reprinted from the Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art for with the consent of the Council of the Association," followed by the date of the year in which the said Report was printed in the said Transactions, but that, with the exception of printer's errors and changes in the pagination which may be necessary or desirable, the said Reprint shall be in every other respect an exact copy of the said Report as printed in the said Transactions without addition, or abridgment, or modification of any kind. 27. The General Secretary shall, within one month after each Annual General Meeting, inform the Hon. Local Treasurer and the Hon. Local Secretary, elected at the said Meeting, that, in making or sanctioning arrangements for the next Annual General Meeting, it is eminently desirable that they avoid and discourage everything calculated to diminish the attendance at the General and Council Meetings, or to disturb the said Meetings in any way. 28. The Bye-Laws and Standing Orders shall be printed after the Rules' in the Transactions. 29. All resolutions appointing Committees for special service for the Association shall be printed in the Transactions next before the President's Address. 30. Members and Ladies holding Ladies' Tickets intending to dine at the Association Dinner shall be requested to send their names to the Hon. Local Secretary on forms which shall be provided; no other person shall be admitted to the dinner, and no names shall be received after the Monday next before the dinner. 31. Members admitted by the General Secretary during the interval between two Annual General Meetings, and who decide when admitted to compound for the Annual Contributions, shall be entitled to receive the publications of the Association during the Association's year then current, provided their compositions are paid not later than the last day of January, but shall not be thus entitled if their compositions are paid between that date and the next Annual General Meeting of the Association. REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. As presented to the General Meeting at Torrington, August 8th, 1899. THE Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Association was held at Honiton on August 9th and following days. A good display of flags and evergreens was made in the principal streets; and the excellent arrangements of the Local Committee for the comfort and convenience of members attending the meeting merited and received the highest commendation. The meetings were held in the Mackarness Hall, which was tastefully adorned with a collection of choice flowering plants; and a reception room in Allhallows Hall, and ladies' room in the Old House, were provided. At two o'clock there was a meeting of the Council, at the close of which, at 3.30 p.m., there was a formal reception by the Mayor (D. W. R. Buchanan, Esq.) and Corporation. In a few well-chosen words the Mayor welcomed the Association on this its second visit to Honiton after a lapse of thirty years; and Mr. J. Hine, the retiring President, replied in suitable terms. At 4 p.m. the General Meeting was held, and the usual routine business transacted. At the conclusion of the business the members and friends attended a garden party at Broomhills, by invitation of the Mayor and Miss Buchanan, and afterwards visited St. Michael's Church. At 8 p.m. Lord Coleridge delivered his Presidential Address before a full audience. His lordship was introduced by Mr. Hine, the retiring President, who observed that this was the first occasion in the history of the Association that the son of a former President had acted in that capacity. The first day's proceedings were brought to a close with a brilliant reception at the Dolphin Hotel, by the invitation of Mrs. James (of Offwell) and Mrs. Rose Troup. On Wednesday, at 11 a.m., the reading and discussion of the following programme of reports and papers commenced, and was continued until 4 p.m. :— Twentieth Report of the Committee on J. Brooking Rowe, F.S.A., F.L.S. Scientific Memoranda Seventeenth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. F. T. Elworthy. Seventeenth Report of the Committee on Barrows. R. Hansford Worth, C. E. Sixteenth Report (Third Series) of the A. Chandler, F. R. MET. Soc. Committee on the Climate of Devon Fifteenth Report of the Committee on Fifth Report of the Dartmoor Explora tion Committee Second Report of the Committee on the P. F. S. Amery. Rev. S. Baring-Gould, M.A. Photographic Survey of Devonshire C. E. Robinson, C.E. Honiton in 1530 Mrs. Frances B. Troup. T. Cann Hughes, M.A. J. Y. A. Morshead, M. A, Mrs. G. H. Radford. T. N. Brushfield, M.D. Miss Helen Saunders. Rev. T. W. Whale, M.A. Rev. O. J. Reichel, M. A., B. C, L., F.S. A, J. D. Prickman. Mrs. Frances B. Troup. Rev. J. Erskine Risk, M.Ą. Alex, Somervail. Alex, Somervail. Rev. J. B. Pearson, D.D. On the Denudation of the Culm Rocks During the reading of papers (on both this and the following day) visiting members of the Association were entertained at luncheon at the Dolphin Hotel by the Local Committee, and after the reading of papers was concluded for the day a large number of Members and Associates participated in a carriage excursion to a garden party at Heath's Court, by the invitation of the Lady Coleridge, afterwards making an inspection of Ottery St. Mary Parish Church, where a short but interesting paper was read by the Rev. F. B. Dickinson, M.A. In the evening at 8 p.m. the Association Dinner was held at the Dolphin Hotel. There was a large gathering, the President occupying the chair. The dinner Committee had discharged their duties efficiently, and the host (Mr. Banfield) provided an excellent repast. On Thursday at 10 a.m. the reading and discussion of papers was resumed and continued until nearly 3 p.m., when the concluding General Meeting was held, followed by a Meeting of the Council. Subsequently many Members and Associates took part in a carriage excursion to a garden party, by the invitation of the Hon. Mrs. Graham Colborne, and inspection of Hembury Fort afterwards. On Friday the proceedings connected with the second visit of the Association to Honiton were brought to a close by an excursion to Rousdon, the seat of Sir Henry Peek, Bart. The excursionists left Honiton at 11 a.m. in well-horsed conveyances supplied by Mr. H. Banfield, of the Dolphin Hotel. On their arrival at Wilmington a paper was read by Mr. Marwood Elton, dealing with a sandpit at that place. The journey was continued by the way of Shute, Seaton Junction, Whitford, and Musbury, Rousdon being reached at 1.30 p.m. Here the guests were received by Mr. Cuthbert Peek, in the absence of Sir Henry, who was confined to his room by a sudden illness. Luncheon was served in a large marquee, well-nigh two hundred partaking. Afterwards a tour of inspection was made, visits being paid to the stables, observatory, and the museum-the last containing a most extensive collection of Eastern products and curiosities. This was followed by a walk to the landslip, situated about a mile and a half from the house. Mr. A. Somervail read a paper dealing with this interesting place, mentioning among other facts that the length of the landslip at Rousdon was over 1000 yards, the breadth of the chasm was 300 yards, the depth varied from 130 feet to 210 feet, and the number of acres of land lost or sunk was 22. After hearing Mr. Somervail's paper the party returned to the lawn in front of the house, where a garden party was held. At 6.30 the return journey was commenced, and Honiton was reached about 9 p.m. Everybody was delighted with the day's outing, and with Sir Henry Peek's lavish hospitality, and Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Cuthbert Peek's unceasing courtesy and attention to their guests. It having been decided that the next Annual Meeting should be held at Torrington, the following were elected officers for the occasion:— President: The Rev. Canon Edmonds, B.D.; VicePresidents: His Worship the Mayor of Great Torrington |