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I have held a geological class on nine evenings, the average attend- 

 dance being twenty-five. Two field excursions were made with the class. 

 At the final examination eight candidates presented themselves and the 

 result was very satisiactory. 



The local museum has made considerable progress and the present 

 accommodation is found to be all too small. 



Retrospect. Looking back on the work of this and previous years 

 it would seem advisable to extend systematic instruction on special 

 subjects. The Ordinary Meetings give scope for original papers on varied 

 subjects, and hence it might be well to divide the lecture course into two 

 parts, one part consisting of a short series of lectures on some one branch 

 of science, and the other of lectures on some purely literary subject (such 

 as Our Lake Country Poets, or Social Life in England in past centuries, 

 or the Histoi-y of a certain period). The formation of classes should also 

 be encouraged and a taste for Natural History specially cultivated. 



COCKERMOUTH LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. 



SESSION 1875-6. 



President... ... ... ... Isaac Fletcher, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. 



Vice-Presidents T. Deane, Esq., C.E. Rev. W. "Williams, F.G.S. H. Dodgson, 

 Esq., M. D. 



Co7nmittee. 



Mb. Joseph Beown. 

 Rev. Eldred Geeen. 

 John Robeetson, M. D. 



Me. T. M. Hareis. 



Me. Hoeace R, Wtndham. 



Me. William Youdale. 



Secretary ... ... ... ... ... .. Me. J. Simpson. 



Treasurer ... .. ... ... .. ...Me. J.H.Watson. 



Lectures delivered in the Court House, Cockermouth, during the session, as follows : 



Hour of Meetinn 8 v.m, 

 1875. 



Thursday, October 21st.—" The Progress and Decline of Civilization, as illus- 

 trated by the Greeks and Saracens." By T. Deaije, Esq., C.E. 



Thursday, November 4th. — " Some of the Phenomena of Life, in relation to 

 Matter and Force." By T. F. I'Anson, Esq., M.D. 



