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Treasurer ... ... ... R. S. Ferguson, Esq. 



Hon. Curator ... ... ... T. K. Atkinson, Esq. 



Secretary ... ... ... Mr. John Sinclair 



Committee. 



Dr. McLaren. 

 Dr. Barnes. 



Mr. C. J. Ferrttson. 

 Mr. W. I. Pt. Crowder. 

 Mr. Baxter Smith. 

 Mr. J. B. Watson. 



Mr. R. M. Hill. 

 Mr. Geo. Dawson. 

 Mr. W. Duckworth. 

 Mr. John Jackson. 

 Mr. W. B. DoDD. 

 Mr. T. Duckworth. 



Public Lectures. 



Dec. 18. — The President — Inaugural Address. 



Jan. 22.— J. E. Taylor, Esq., F.L.S., F.G.S.— An Hour by a Pond Side. 



Feb. 19.— J. Clifton Ward, Esq., F.G.S.— Tlie Old Olaciers of Cumbria. 



Mch. 19. — Dr. Barnes — The Nervous System. 



Apl. 16.— Geo. J. Snelus, Esq., F.C.S.— The Telephone. 



Ordinary Meetings. 



Feb. 8. — Mr. R. S. Ferguson — Some of the Contents of the Museum. 

 Mch. 5. — Mr. George Dawson — The Birds of the District. 

 Apl. 9. — Mr. Duckworth — Beetles. 



The Committee of the above Society have much pleasure 

 in presenting their first annual Report, and congratulate them- 

 selves on the success which has so far crowned their efforts. The 

 want of such a Society in Carlisle had long been felt ; — and 

 although the Session has only been short, it has been eminently 

 successful. 



The Society was organized in December 1877, with 50 

 original members, and the number now on the books has reached 

 159. 



The attendance at the Lectures and the reading of Papers 

 has been very good, and from the interest manifested, the Com- 

 mittee are encouraged to hope that a still more successful Session 

 will be possible next year. 



A very considerable improvement has been made in the 

 Museum, and many new specimens have been added to the 

 collections. 



An excellent gift of about forty volumes has been made to 

 the reference Library, for the use of members at such times as 

 the Museum is open. 



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