POPULAR SCIENCE LECTURES. 



REPORT OF SUB-COMMITTEE. 



Two Popular Lectures on Electricity were given during the 

 winter session in St. George's Hall. 



The prices of admission were one penny, sixpence, and one 

 shilling. The subjects and lecturers were: — 



December 17th.— "The Progress of Electrical Science during the Present 

 Century," by H. Barfield, Esq., D.Sc, (London,; when 

 S. Evershed, Esq., took the Chair. 



January 27th. — "The Science and Art of Applied Electricity," by Wilson 

 Hartnell, Esq., M.Inst M.E., with Sir Arthur Bass, Bart., 

 M.P., in the Chair. 



The tickets sold for these lectures were as follow: — 

 December 17th— 135 at 1/- ; 66 at 76 ; 176 at -/i ; total 377. 

 January 27th— 162 at i/- ; 163 at -/5 ; 210 at -/i ; total 535. 



BALANCE SHEET. 



^v. £ i. A. 



To Balance in hand 946 



„ Receipts — 



December 17th 947 

 January 27th .13 I o 



;^3I 10 I 



©*■. £ s. d. 



By Sundries o 6 10 



,, Expenses — 



December 17th 8 17 o 



January 27th 21 17 3 



Balance 090 



;^3i 10 I 



The Committee regret that they cannot recommend the Society to 

 continue these lectures on the present basis, as the support afforded 

 them by the public is not sufficient to cover the expenses, even when, as 

 in the case of the above two lectures, the lecturers give their services. 

 They feel that the only plan on which to continue the lectures would be 

 to raise a guarantee fund, and so be enabled to pay men of acknowledged 

 standing as popular lecturers to come to Burton and deliver their lectures, 

 and that these lectures should not be confined to scientific subjects. 



G. HARRIS MORRIS, 



Hon. Sec. 



Sub-committee : 

 Mr. E. Daniel Mr. C. G. M.\tthe\vs 



„ R. Harrison Dr. G. H. Morris, Hon. Sec. 



