XXX1. 
Proceedings at the Annual Meeting at CHorkington. 
Tue Annual Meeting of the Cumberland Association for the Advancement 
of Literature and Science was held in the Assembly Room, Workington, on 
Tuesday, the 17th of May, under the Presidency of The HonsBiE. PERcY 
Wynpuay, M.P. 
The attendance of members was only small, in consequence of the very 
wet weather. 
After the President had delivered his address, and the Reports had been 
read, the following Resolutions were adopted :— 
1. That the next Annual Meeting be held at Carlisle. 
2. That Robert Ferguson, Esq., M.P., be President of the Association 
for the ensuing Session. 
3. That the Secretary, Auditors, and Editor be re-elected for the 
ensuing Session. 
4, That in future the Reports of the affiliated Societies be limited to 
three pages of the Transactions. 
5. That in consequence of the bad weather then prevailing, the Excur- 
sion be abandoned, and the papers intended for the second day 
be read at the first, so that the Meeting may be concluded in 
one day. 
After 3 p.m. the following Papers were read :— 
“The Public Water Supplies of West Cumberland,” by A. Kitchin, F.C.S. 
“Observations on the Flowering Plantsof West Cumberland,” by J. Adair. 
«‘\ Bibliographical List of Works relating to the Geology, Mineralogy, 
and Paleontvulogy of Cumberland and Westmorland,” collected 
by W. Whitaker, B.A., H.M. Geol. Survey, and arranged by 
J. G. Goodchild, H.M.G.S. 
‘‘Note on the Occurrence of the Iceland Falcon in Westmorland,” by 
J. G. Goodchild. 
After 7 p.m. the following Papers were read, and the Meeting was then 
brought to a close :— 
‘‘Notes on the Physical Geology of North-West Cumberland,” by T. V. 
Holmes, F.G.S. 
‘On the Grasses of Mid-Cumberland,” by Wm. Hodgson, 
“On the Lichens of Cumberland,” by the Rev. W. Johnson. 
