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Hon.,-Secretaries. 
Mr. J. B. BAILey. | Mr. L, Apatr. 
Treasurer oe wee ie oe = Mr. J. Ropryson. 
Committee. 
Rev. J. S. Crata. i Mr. F. WALKER. 
Mr. A. Hine. Mr. W. Hine. 
Mr. J. Hopeson. Mr. A. NoBLe. 
Mr. P. MacInTyRE. ~ Mr. R. Aparr. 
Mr. J. H. Goupte. Mr. J, R. CoRNER. 
PUBLIC LECTURES. 
Oct. 7.—Rev. J. Cuirron Warp, F.G.S.—Coral and Coral Workers. 
Nov. 4.—Rev. T. J. Cooper, M.A.—The Poems of Tennyson. 
Nov. 28.—Rev. Canon Carr—Botany. 
1880. 
Jan. 13.—J. Newsy HeTuHertineTon, Esq., F.R.G.S.—Origin and Develop- 
ment of the Arthurian Legends. 
Jan. 23. (Friday)—Prof. H. A. Nicnotsoy, M.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.E.—The 
Nature of Life. 
Feb. 17.—Rev. W. SHeRweN, M.A.—The English Language, its Source 
and History. 
Mch. 2.—Rev. J. J. THorNLEY—Charles Kingsley, his Life and Writings. 
ORDINARY MEETINGS. 
1879. 
Oct. 14.—Mr. E. T. Tyson—Capt. Jos. Huddart, F.R.S., H.E.I.C.S. 
Oct. 21.—Mr. P. Gitmour—Robert Tannahill. 
Dec. 2.—Mr. D. Jackson—Small Causes, Great Effects. 
Dec. 16.—Mr. W. WHaRTON—The Cumberland Dialect and its Writers. 
1880. 
Feb. 3.—Mr. J. Trynton—Oliver Goldsmith. 
Feb. 24.—Mr. J. Roprnson—The Abbey Holme. 
Mch. 9.—Mr. W. Appatrr—A Journey in Italy and on the Rhine. 
Mch. 16.—Mr. J. CarTMELL—Railways. 
Mch. 23.—Rev. D. Durr—The General State of Religion among the Jews at 
the Date of the Advent. 
Apl. 13.—Election of Officers, etc. 
In presenting their Fourth Annual Report, the Committee 
_has, with pleasure, again to record a very gratifying increase, 
though not so much in the number of members as in the general 
attendance at the various meetings. In this latter respect, a 
marked improvement has taken place as compared with that of 
