ANNUAL GENERAL MEETLNG, 1891. 



The FIFTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING was held 

 in the Masonic Hall, Union Street, at 8 p.m., on Friday, October 

 23rd, 1891. 



'J'he President (Mr. Philip B. Mason) took the Chair, and was 

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



The Secretary read the Report, and, in the absence of the Treasurer, 

 the Balance Sheet for the past year, as follows : — 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR 1890-91. 



In presenting the Report for the 15th Session, the Committee have 

 pleasure in again congratulating the Members on the thoroughly satisfac- 

 tory state of the Society. At no previous time in the history of the 

 Society, has the number of Members been larger, the average attendance 

 higher, or the financial state of the Society more sound. 



The Monthly General Meetings have been again held in the Masonic 

 Hall with marked and increasing success. A sufficient number of 

 Papers by Members of the Society has been forthcoming, and the 

 average attendance (56'5) has attained a point, which will compare 

 favourably with that of any local Society in the kingdom. 



The titles and authors of Papers were as follows: — 



Friday, Oct. loth — Annual General Meeting and Exhibition of Lantern Slides by the 

 Photographic Section. 



Thursday, Nov. 13th — President's Inaugural Address — "The Irish Aran." 



Friday, Dec. 12th — "Notes on a Salt-Marsh at Branston," by T- E. Nowers and 

 J. G. Wells. 

 "Exhibition of the Harmonograph," by T. J. Pullin. 

 Friday, Jan. 9th — "On the Sources of a few English Words, " by W. T. Jeffcott, B.A. 



Friday, Feb. 13th — "Trout and Grayling," by G. Morland Day. 



Friday, Mar. 13th — "Notes on a Summer Tour in Norway,"' by Horace T. Brown, 

 F.R.S. 



Friday, April 17th — ".Some Ancient Burton Manuscripts," by T. Knowles, M.A. 



