CONTENTS.

PREFACE

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MAP TO ACCOMPANY PROFESSOR HULL'S PAPER ON EGYPT. (Frontispiece)

ANNUAL MEETING.-THE TWENTY-THIRD REPORT

SPEECHES BY SIR H. BARKLY, K.C.B., G.C.M.G., F.R.S.; ADMIRAL

SIR F. LEOPOLD MCCLINTOCK, R.N., F.R.S., &c.

*ANNUAL ADDRESS ON "THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS OF TEL EL-

AMARNA." BY THE REV. A. H. SAYCE, M.A., LL.D., DEPUTY

PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY

SPEECHES BY THE RIGHT HON. LORD HALSBURY, P.C., LORD CHAN-

CELLOR; MONSIEUR E. NAVILLE, D. LIT., PH. D.; THE REV.

W. WRIGHT, D.D.; SIR J. RISDON BENNETT, M.D., F.R.S.;

ADMIRAL SIR ERASMUS OMMANNEY, R.N., C.B., F.R.S., AND

STAFF COMMANDER ETTRICK W. CREAK, R.N., F.R.S.........

ORDINARY MEETING

REMARKS BY CANON ISAAC TAYLOR, LL.D.; PROFESSOR G. W.

LEITNER, D.C.L., D.O.L.; AND MR. G. BERTIN, M.R.A.S.

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*ON INSTINCT AND REASON. BY DR. C. COLLINGWOOD, M.A., B.M.,

M.R.C.P., F.L.S.

COMMUNICATIONS ON THE SAME BY PROFESSOR E. HULL LL.D.,
F.R.S., AND PROFESSOR DUNS, D.D., F.R.S.E., &c.

INTERMEDIATE MEETING

*THE SCIENCE OF RECTITUDE AS DISTINCT FROM EXPEDIENCE. Br

REV. H. J. CLARKE ....

INTERMEDIATE MEETING

ORDINARY MEETING

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*GOD IN NATURE: SOME THEISTIC ARGUMENTS DRAWN FROM

NATURAL PHENOMENA. BY PROFESSOR E. HULL, LL.D.,

F.R.S., DIRECTor of the Geological SurvEY OF IRELAND 141

*THE TENURE OF LAND IN ANCIENT TIMES, AS PRESERVED BY THE

PRESENT VILLAGE COMMUNITIES IN PALESTINE. BY THE REV.

JAMES NEIL, M.A.

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DISCUSSION. THE LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR'S Remarks

from the Chair

SPEECHES OF MR. FREDERIC SEEBOHM; DR. CHAPLIN ;
MR. W. ST. C. BOSCAWEN; MR. SAMUEL BERGHEIM;
AND OTHERS

*THE BOTANY AND ENTOMOLOGY OF ICELAND. BY REV. F. A. WALKER,

D.D., F.L.S. (Giving the first results of Recent Entomological

investigation in Iceland.);

DISCUSSION. REMARKS BY DR. RAE, F.R.S.; DR. HARLEY,

*ON THE DISPERSAL OF PLANTS AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE FLORA

OF THE KEELING OR COCOS ISLANDS. BY H. B. GUPPY, M.B. 267

REMARKS BY PROFESSOR T. RUPERT JONES, F.R.S., AND MR.

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*SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF EGYPT, AND THE NILE

VALLEY (Illustrated)....

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REMARKS BY PROFESSOR T. RUPERT JONES, F.R.S., ANd Dr.

IRVING, F.G.S.

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LIST OF MEMBERS, &C.

RULES.

OBJECTS AND CONTENTS OF ALL THE VOLUMES OF THE JOURNAL

*** The Institute's object being to investigate, it must not be held to endorse
the various views expressed at its meetings.

PREFACE.

THE

HE Twenty-Fourth Volume of the Journal of the Transactions of the VICTORIA INSTITUTE is now issued. It contains papers by the following authors:-Major CLAUDE REIGNIER CONDER, R.E., D.C.L., "On the Canaanites." The Rev. H. J. CLARKE, "On the Science of Rectitude as Distinct from Expedience." Dr. CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD, M.A., B.M. Oxon., M.R.C.P., “On Instinct and Reason." Dr. H. B. GUPPY, "On the Dispersal of Plants, as illustrated by the Flora of the Keeling or Cocos Islands," a paper of much interest, as has been pointed out by Professor T. RUPERT JONES, F.R.S.; Mr. JOHN MURRAY (of the Challenger Expedition); and others.* Professor EDWARD HULL, LL.D., F.R.S., two valuable papers, one entitled "God in Nature some theistic arguments drawn from Natural Phenomena": the other "A Sketch of the Geological History of Egypt and the Nile Valley," being a careful account of the Physical Structure and Physical History of Egypt; Professor Hull's explorations and researches have added to our exact knowledge of one of those countries forming the background of

*The present volume contains the results of the Authors' investigations up to the present time July, 1891.