XI. 



1887. 

 Jan. 31.— Mr. W. Wilson. — "Former Social Life in Cumberland and 



Westmorland." 

 Yeh. 14.— Mr. W. R. riTZPATRicK.—"Goethe and his Works." 

 Mar. 21.— Mr. J. Fisher Ceosthwaite, F.S.A.— "Some of the Old 

 Families of Crosthwaite. The Brownriggs of Ormathwaite," &c. 

 General Meeting. 



LECTURES. 



1886. 

 j^ov. 1.— Professor Beall, F.R. A. S.—" Buddhist Stories," illustrated by 



Lantern Slides, 

 j^ov. 8. — Rev. S. Falle. — "Signs and Signboards of Old Inns." 

 Nov. 29.— (Health Lecture.) Dr. J. M. Fox.— "Sanitary Progress— Past, 



Present, and Future." 

 Dec. 13.— Rev. H. J. Bulkeley, M.A.— "The Use of Poetry." 

 Dec. 20.— (Health Lecture.) Dr. C. Goke Ring.— "Our Unseen Foes." 



1887. 

 Jan. 25.— Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A., F.L.S.— "Pond Life," illustrated by 



Sketches. 

 Feb. 7. — Ernest Myers, Esq. — "Lord Althorp and the Reform of 1832." 

 Yeh. 21.— (Health Lecture.) Dr. LEriARD.—" Ventilation." 

 Feb. 28.— J. G. Goodchild, Esq., F.G.S., H.M. Geol. Survey. — " Coral 



and Coral Islands." 

 Mar. 15.— Rev. H. Batchelor. — "London English and Glasgow Scotch." 

 Mar. 28.— (Health Lecture.) Dr. Black. — " Common Accidents, and How 



to Treat them." 



The Committee bave much pleasure in presenting their annual 

 report of the pi-ogresa of the Society, which now consists of one 

 hundred and forty-seven members as against one hundred and forty- 

 three at the close of last Session. Including one or two members 

 re-elected, fourteen new members have joined the Society during 

 the past Session, and the attendances at the Lectures and Meetings 

 have been sufficiently maintained to shew that the general interest 

 taken in the work of the Society has not abated. 



The Programme for the Session consisted of seven Ordinary 

 Meetings and eleven Lectures, which may be classified as follows : 

 Literary, five ; Scientific, two ; Zoological, two ; Historical and 

 Folk-lore, five ; and a course of four Health Lectures. All the 

 lecturers (with the exception of the Rev. H. D. Eawnsley,) fulfilled 



