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May 1 and 2. — Annual Meeting of the Cumberland Association for the 



Advancement of Literature and Science, at Whitehaven. 

 June 7. — Excursion to the Goldscope and Yewthwaite Mines, Newlands Vale. 



Mineralogical, Geological, and Botanical. 

 July 5. — Archaeological and Geological Excursion to Cockermouth Castle and 



The Clints (Limestone rocks). Joint Excursion with the Cockermouth Society . 

 Aug. 2. - — Excursion to Grasmere, visiting Easdale. 

 Sept. 2. — Geological Excursion to High and Low Rigg (St. John's Vale. ) 



WINTER SESSION. 

 ORDINARY MEETINGS. 



Held in the Kesioich Library at 7-30 p.m. 



Oct. 16. — The President — Jonathan Otley. 



Nov. 6. — Me. J. Richardson — Old Customs and Usages of the District. 

 Nov. 27. — Mr. J. F. Crosthwaite— Celebrated Lake Visitors. (Continued.) 

 Dec. II. — Microscopic Soiree— Short addresses on the Microscope and Micro- 

 scopic Work. 

 Jan. 16. — Mr. John Birkett — Birds of the District. 

 Jan. 29. — Mr. George Lowthian — Self-culture 

 Feb. 12. — Dr. Knight— The Gottenburg System. 

 Mar. 12. — Mr. J. Bromley — Burial Customs 

 Mar. 26.— Mr. P. Thompson— Dr. Kitto. 



Election of Office Bearers. 



LECTURES. 



Held in the Keswick Lecture Hall at 8 p.m. 



Oct. 30.— A. Kitchin, Esq., F.C.S. — Some of the Elementary Principles of 



Light, (experimentally illustrated. ) 

 Nov. 20.— James Baird, Esq., President of the Whitehaven Society— Some of 



the Elementary Principles of Heat, (experimentally illustrated). 

 Dec. 4.— J. Clifton Ward, Esq., Assoc. R.S.M., F.G.S.— Some of the Analogies 



between Sound and Light, (experimentally illustrated). 

 Dec. 18.— Rev. Canon Dixon, M.A., — Some of the Great Principles and Forms 



of Poetry, as developed by the English Poets. 



