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been good. Still, out of our large membership the attendance on 

 all occasions might be more numerous. Two special courses of six 

 lectures each were also given, at the request of some of the mem- 

 bers of this association. The attendance at these meetings was as 

 large as could reasonably be anticipated. Various articles and 

 specimens have been presented to the museum during this year. 

 To the donors the curators have to express their very best thanks. 

 Your committee think that if the funds of the association would allow 

 of a little more money being devoted to museum expenses, an 

 earnest attempt should be made to classify and arrange the collec- 

 tions already in our possession, and also to increase them still further. 

 On the occasion when the Westmorland and Cumberland Archaeo- 

 logical and Antiquarian Society visited Whitehaven in December 

 last, your committee invited the members to a conversazione. The 

 invitations were confined to members of the two societies, and the 

 conversazione was held in the Association Rooms, Howgill-street. 

 Our guests expressed themselves thoroughly pleased with the enter- 

 tainment which was provided for the evening, and also wished their 

 thanks to be conveyed to the association for the use of the rooms 

 on the following day. The papers then read were of very great 

 local interest 



KESWICK LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. 



9th session, 1877-78. 



President 

 Vice-President 

 Secretary 

 Treasurer 



J. Fisher Ceosthwaite. 

 J. Clifton Ward, F.G.S. 

 W. Wood. 



J. FiSHEK CrCSTHWAITE. 



Commitlee. 



Rev. Canon Batteksby, M.A. 

 Rev. Alfred Hoavsox. 



Rev. W. COLVILLE. 



Rev. Geo. L. B. Wildig, B.A. 



A. H. Knight, M.D. 

 E. J. Grayson. 



R. R. LOWTHIAN. 

 J. BiRKETT. 



