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ter of the meetings. All are interested to the close, which 

 thej unite in saying has corae too soon, and with a hearty 

 good will invite the Board to appoint another and an early 

 meeting. 



If a similar meeting has in some previous year been held 

 in the place or the vicinity, the sessions are fully attended 

 from the first, and closed Math the same approval of the 

 work of the Board. 



The local newspapers have usually given fall reports of 

 these meetings and so a larger audience than that addressed 

 by the speakers has been reached. 



The meetings early in the year of 1875 were in a few 

 instances held in a time of storm, which materially interfered 

 with the attendance. But the series beginning November 

 29 suffered no interruption on account of weather, and the 

 programme of every meeting was carried out with the 

 exception of a single session, which at one of the meetings 

 was omitted on account of a powerful storm. 



The following programmes were presented at the various 

 meetings, and departed from only so far as circumstances 

 indicated conv^enience or improvement. 



