INTRODUCTORY REPORT. 



This volume — the fifth of the series — sets forth 

 the work done by the Club during the year 1887. 



Twenty seven meetings have been held. The 

 average attendance from January to April was 26 

 members, 9 friends ; from September to December 34 

 members, 16 friends. 



The year was commenced with a membership 

 numbering 204, 23 of these the Club has lost ; it has 

 however admitted 1 2 new members, and is thus left 

 at the end of the year with a list of 193. 



The Excursion Committee prepared plans for Ex- 

 cursions to Owens College, Ingleton, and Ormerod 

 with Hurstwood. The proposed excursion to Ingleton 

 was abandoned because of the very small number of 

 names sent ; an account of the others will be found in 

 the appendix. 



At the invitation of the Manchester Geographical 

 Society, — to which this Club is affiliated, — 37 mem- 

 bers visited the Preston Docks, on Saturday, 22nd 

 October. 



Of the 26 papers and lectures delivered to the 

 Club, 7 were contributed by gentlemen who are non- 

 members, but who bear well-known names ; they are 

 Professor Dawkins, J. Williamson, Dr Colley March, 

 G. Crompton, Eey. W. S. Caiger, Elijah Helm, Eev. 

 A. L. Cortie, 8.J.. 



The Paper on " Old Halls near Burnley," by T. 

 Bell, and that on " Burnley Seventy Years Ago," by 

 J. Grant, had in them so many interesting details of 

 Old Burnley, that as much space as possible has been 

 devoted to them. 



