ANNUAL GENERAL MEETLNG, 1888. 



THE Twelfth Annual General Meeting was held in the Masonic 

 Hall, Union Street, at 8 p.m., on Friday, April 6th, 1888. 



The President — Mr. Horace T. Brown — took the Chair, and was 

 supported by a considerable number of the Members of the Society. 



The following Report and Balance Sheets, which had previously 

 been circulated among the Members, were taken as read, and unani- 

 mously adopted. , 



REPORT AND BALANCE SHEETS, 18S7— 88. 



In presenting the Report of the Twelfth Session, the Committee 

 have pleasure in congratulating the members on the marked improvement 

 which has taken place in the prosperity and general well-being of the 

 Society. 



The Monthly General Meetings have been regularly held, a plentiful 

 supply of interesting Papers has been forthcoming, and the interest 

 of Members, as shown by the attendance on the respective evenings, has 

 been well sustained during the whole of the Session. These Meetings 

 have been held in the Masonic Hail, and the Committee have introduced 

 a new feature in providing Coffee and light Refreshments at the close 

 of the business on each evening. This new departure has been most 

 successful in promoting the social character of the meetings, and in 

 affording an opportunity for informal discussion. 



Five Meetings have been held with an average attendance of 3 7 '6. 

 The dates and titles of Papers read are as follow: 



1S87. Nov. 4th. — President's Inaugural Address: "A Chapter in the Physical 

 Geography of the Past." 



18S7. Dec. 2d. — "The Source of the Modern English (Roman) Alphabet," by 

 Mr. T. Knowles, ALA. 



