who were successful, afterwards received certificates 

 that their work had been duly registered. The same 

 superintending committee have been appointed for 

 the forthcoming session. 



In November last, a lecture was delivered before 

 the Society by Mr. Hallgate, on ** The Theory 

 of Education "; another subsequently by Mr. Martin 

 Simpson, " On the Sun "; and recently Dr. -Dowson 

 read a paper on Dr. Beddoes, and Sir Humphrey 

 Davy. 



The amount received for admission to the museum 

 for the past year is ;^io. The donations appear on 

 a further page. 



The Institution has now existed for half-a-century, 

 and the annual Reports collectively, form a chronicle 

 of its progress. Changes follow in the lapse of time, 

 and lately from the list of our honorary members,we 

 have lost the distinguished name of Sir Roderick 

 Murchison. Some of us remember the zeal of our 

 Society's earliest promoters ; and on the present 

 occasion which marks the period referred to, we 

 would repeat the names of Young, Bird, Ripley; 

 Belcher, Mewburn, Moorsom, Holt, Sanders, in this the 

 place of their proceedings and that of our assemblage. 



