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during part of tlie year, for reading* Essays, for 

 Conversations ou literary or scientific subjects^ 

 for mnkinor Philosophical Experiments, and for 

 other purposes connected with the objects of the 

 Society. > *'» 



On the whole, the Council may congratulate 

 the Members of the Institution, on the progress 

 which it has made, and the prospects of itji 

 further advancement. It bids fair to answer all 

 the (Ejects which its founders had in view. It 

 •will be the means of retaining on the spot the 

 best collection of those numerous and interesting 

 Petrifactions, for which this coast has long beeu 

 celebrated, above almost every other part of the 

 globe. It will preserve, and keep together, 

 many curious o[>jects, both natural and artificial, 

 which, for vvant of a suitable repository, might 

 hav(3 been lost or dispersed. It will supply the 

 youth of both sexes with sources of amusement, 

 and subjects for study, at once the most inna* 

 cent, the most agreeable, and the most improve 

 ing. It will present a stimulus to the inquiring 

 and scientific mind, and call forth into action 

 valuable talents tiiat might otherwise have lain 

 dormant. It will cooperate with other kindred 

 Institutions in promoting the general interests 

 of Learning and Philosophy. And it will con« 

 tribute to the honour and advantage of the town, 

 by rendering it more respectable and more 

 attractive, as a place where Literature and 

 ,§cience are esteemed and patronised. 



