PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. 
THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MeeErING of the Association was held 
this year in the Lecture Hall, AMBLESIDE, on Tuesday and 
Wednesday, July 1st and 2nd. 
The proceedings of the first day commenced at 1-30 p.m., with 
a Council Meeting presided over by the President, the Right Rev. 
the Bishop of Barrow-in-Furness. The Annual Report and 
Balance Sheet having been read by the Hon. Secretary (Mr. J. B. 
Bailey), were then thoroughly discussed and adopted. The 
general position of the Association was considered to be very 
satisfactory, and hopes were expressed that the various Local 
Societies would be able during the next session to consider the 
various points raised in the Report, and communicate the results 
to the Hon. Secretaries. If this could be done, it was felt that 
such united action would be greatly to the advantage not only of 
the Association, but also of the Local Societies. Various matters 
connected with the Zvansactions, the Library, and the furtherance 
of Science Teaching, were also discussed. 
At 2-15 p.m. the President delivered his address, the subject 
being, “‘Some of the Changes of Social Life in England during 
the last Sixty Years.” A hearty vote of thanks having been 
accorded to the President for his able and interesting address, the 
Rev. C. H. Chase, in the unavoidable absence of F. M. T, 
Jones, Esq., President of the Ambleside Society, addressed a few 
words of welcome to the members present. He was sorry that 
there was so small an attendance, but the exceedingly inclement 
state of the weather was undoubtedly answerable for it. The 
general business of the Association was next proceeded with, the 
various Reports, etc., being taken as read. Hearty votes of thanks 
were then accorded to the President, on the motion of the Rev. 
C. H. Chase, seconded by Mr. Healy, and to the Hon. Secretaries, 
Editor, and Recorders, on the motion of Mr. Fleming, seconded 
by Mr. Atkinson. 
On the motion of the Rev. H. A. Macpherson, The BisHor oF 
BARROW-IN-FURNESS was re-elected to the office of President, 
after which all the other Officers and Sub-Committees were also 
re-elected, together with the following Association Members. 
Life Member. 
BISHOP OF BARROW-IN-FURNESS, 
