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PRESENTATION TO MR. W. LEWIS GRANT. 



SEPTEMBER 27th, 1887. 



The opening night of the Session took the form of a Con- 

 versazione, the occasion being specially marked by a presentation 

 to the late Secretary of the Club, Mr. W. Lewis Grant. The 

 duties of Secretary had been fulfilled by Mr. Grant throughout the 

 period of seven years during which he had held that office, with 

 such self-sacrifice, earnestness and success that the members 

 determined to recognize his services in a tangible manner. It is 

 deserving of special mention that during this long tenure of office, 

 Mr. Grant was not absent from a single meeting. The President, 

 Mr. J. Langfield Ward, occupied the chair, and there was a 

 large gathering of members and friends. Mr. Ward observed 

 that the duties of Secretary were of a very onerous nature, but 

 it could safely be said that during the seven years Mr. Grant 

 had occupied the post, he had performed in an admirable man- 

 ner the multifarious duties required of him. He had devoted 

 himself to the work with such earnestness as he had never 

 seen exceeded. Mr. Ward then handed for Mr. Grant's accept- 

 ance an Address in album form, beautifully illuminated, and a 

 purse containing £25 in Jubilee coins. The following are the 

 terms of the Address — 



"To Mk. W. Lewis Grant, 



We, the undersigned, the Officers of the Burnley Literary 

 and Scientific Club, take the opportunity of your resignation 

 of the office of Secretary to present to you, on behalf of 

 the members of the Club, this Address and the gift which 

 accompanies it. We are sensible that the Club has sustain- 

 ed a severe loss in being deprived of the services of one 

 who through several years has fulfilled the duties of the 

 arduous post of Secretary with such zeal and such thorough- 

 ness. You have spared no pains and thought no sacrifice of 

 time or trouble too great, when the interests of our Society 

 were concerned ; upon you has devolved the management 

 of the Club in all its multifarious details, and you have 

 guided it with consummate ability through all the vicissi- 

 tudes to which such a Society as ours is liable. We admit 

 that it is unreasonable to expect you, after having attended 

 with such devotion to the interests of the Club, to continue 

 to bestow your energies on it, when there are so many other 

 calls upon your time, but we trust that you may long be 

 spared to assist in sustaining it in its useful career, that 

 you will always remember with affection that official con- 

 nection with it which has just terminated, and that you 



