30. 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, Plympton, July 26th, 1887. THE Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Association was held at St. Marychurch on Tuesday, July 27th, and two following days. The Council met at 2 p.m. in the Council Room, Town Hall. Prior to the meeting the members of the Council were entertained at luncheon by the Local Committee. At 4 p.m. there was a formal reception of the Association at the Town Hall, when Mr. Sampson Hanbury, Chairman of the St. Marychurch Local Board of Health, gave the members a cordial welcome, which was acknowledged, in the absence of the President, on behalf of the Association by Mr. J. Brooking Rowe. After the reception the General Meeting was held at 4.30 p.m. In the evening, at 8 p.m., the President, Sir J. B. Phear, delivered his introductory address. On Wednesday, at 11 a.m., the reading and discussion of the following programme of Reports and Papers was commenced in the Town Hall: Eleventh Report of the Committee on Ninth Report of the Committee on Devon- J. Brooking Rowe, F.S.A., F.L.S. } E. T. Elworthy. Ninth Report of the Committee on Devon-} G. Doe. shire Folk-Lore. Eighth Report of the Committee on Barrows R. N. Worth, F.G.S. of Art in Devonshire Sixth Report of the Committee on the P. F. S. Amery. Climate of Devon-2nd series Report of the Committee on Devonshire Domesday. J. Brooking Rowe, F.S.A., F.L.S. Notes on the Early History of St. Mary Canon Brownlow, M. A. Church Happaway Cavern, Torquay W. Pengelly, F.R.S., F. G. S. The Physiography of Torquay, the Geo logical Structure and Origin of its Alex. Somervail. Hills and Valleys Geological Notes on the Honiton District-II. Rev. W. Downes, B. A., F.G.S. Notes on the State of Newton and its Neigh-Rev. S. G. Harris, M.A. bourhood before the 15th Century The Bishopric of Exeter-A contribution Notes on Prince's Lives of Sir William Prince's Worthies of Devon and the Dicic-} tionary of National Biography T. N. Brushfield, M.D. W. K. Willcocks, M.A. W. Pengelly, F.R.S., F.G.S. G. Wareing Ormerod, M. A., R. N. Worth, F.G.S. E. Parfitt. H. B. S. Woodhouse. Canon Brownlow, M.A. R. Dymond, F.S.A. W. Pengelly, F.R.S., F.G.S. F.G.S. In the evening the Annual Dinner was held in the Town Hall. The President, Sir J. B. Phear, occupied the chair, and about seventy Members and Associates were present. On Thursday, at 10 a.m., the reading and discussion of papers was resumed and continued till 3 p.m., when the concluding General Meeting was held, followed by a Meeting of the Council. Subsequently there was a reception of the Association at Bishopstowe by Mr. Sampson Hanbury, of whose kind hospitality many Members and Associates availed themselves. On Friday two excursions were arranged by the Local Committee. One party, the smaller, met at the head of Anstis Cove at 11 a.m., and thence took a route along the coast by the Bishop's Walk, and so to Kilmorie, a distance of about two miles, and embracing some of the most beautiful coast scenery in the district. Mr. Pengelly kindly acted as guide, and described the very interesting geological features of the locality. From Kilmorie the party were conveyed in carriages to Kent's Cavern, which was inspected under the guidance of Mr. Pengelly. A drive was then taken round the Lincombe Hill, whence a fine view was obtained of Torbay, and around by way of Silver Hill and Torquay to the Town Hall, St. Marychurch. The second party started shortly after ten from the Town Hall in three brakes, and proceeded straight to Watcombe Park, the residence of Lieut.-Colonel Wright, where a halt of half an hour was made for the purpose of visiting the grounds. The park covers about 100 acres, half of which is planted, and commands a magnificent view of the adjacent country and a distant prospect of the Dartmoor hills, Torquay, and Torbay. The grounds were originally laid out by the late Mr. J. K. Brunel, the eminent engineer, and are planted with a choice and varied collection of coniferæ and other trees, and ornamental shrubs from many parts of the world. The party then proceeded to Compton Castle by way of Shiphay, and among the numerous objects of interest passed on the journey were the Royal Marble Works, one of the oldest and most extensive artistic industries in the neighbourhood; the Watcombe Terra-cotta Pottery, near Watcombe; and the Torquay Terra-cotta Pottery at Hele Cross, near the Cemetery, where the manufacture of all kinds of ware in its various stages is seen. On arrival at Compton Castle Mr. R. Dymond, F.S.A., explained all that was known of the ruins, which were those rather of a fortified house than a castle. It was," he said, "an unexplored mine, and a capital subject for any member of the Association to investigate and write a paper upon." His account was listened to with great interest. After a minute survey of the castle the party proceeded by way of Marldon through Cockington lanes and Torquay to St. Marychurch Town Hall, where they arrived simultaneously with the first party. On arrival at the Town Hall the guests partook of lunch under the presidency of Mr. Sampson Hanbury of the Reception Committee. At the conclusion of the luncheon a vote of thanks was proposed by Sir John Phear to the Local Committee, who had so kindly cared for their pleasure, and had so well carried it to a successful issue. In the evening a reception was held by Mr. W. H. Kitson at his residence at Shiphay, which was attended and enjoyed by a large number of Members and Associates in spite of the heavy rain which had begun to fall towards the close of the day. All that could be done was done by Mr. and Mrs. Kitson for the entertainment of their guests, and a most successful meeting was brought to its termination. It having been decided that the next Annual Meeting should be held at Plympton, the following were elected officers for that occasion : President: Rev. W. H. Dallinger, LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vice-Presidents: Right Hon. Lord Blachford; Capt. W. Conran, J.P.; Rev. J. Mercer Cox, M.A.; Rev. H. T. Hole, M.A.; P. Q. Karkeek, Esq.; G. W. Strode Lowe, Esq.; J. J. Mc Andrew, Esq., J.P., F.L.S.; Lachlan Mackinnon, Esq.; Right Hon. the Earl of Morley; Sir J. B. Phear, M.A., J.P., F.G.S.; Gen. P. W. Phillipps-Treby, J.P.; J. D. Pode, Esq., J.P.; Rev. J. W. Sampson; G. W. C. Soltau-Symons, Esq., J.P; Capt. H. T. Tolcher; E. Windeatt, Esq. Hon. Treasurer: E. Vivian, Esq., M.A., Torquay, Hon. Local Treasurer: W. J. Woollcombe, Esq., Plympton. Hon. Secretary: Rev. W. Harpley, M.A., F.C.P.S., Clayhanger, Tiverton. Hon. Local Secretary: C. Aldridge, Esq., M.D., Plympton House, Plympton. The Council have published the President's Address, together with Obituary Notices of members deceased during the preceding year, and the Reports and Papers read before the Association; also the Treasurer's Report, a List of Members, and the Rules, Standing Orders, and Bye-Laws; they have since added an Index, kindly prepared by Mr. P. O. Hutchinson, and a Table of Corrections. A copy of the Transactions and Index has been sent to each member, and to the following Societies: The Royal Society, Linnean Society, Geological Society, Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Institution (Albemarle Street), the Society of Antiquaries, Devon and Exeter Institution (Exeter), Plymouth Institution, Torquay Natural History Society, Barnstaple Literary and Scientific Institution, Royal Institution of Cornwall (Truro), the Library of the British Museum, the Bodleian Library (Oxford), and the University Library (Cambridge). With the volume of Transactions was also published and issued to members Part III. of Devonshire Domesday Book. |