INTRODUCTORY REPORT. 
There are a few features of special interest to 
record in connection with the work of the Club 
during 1892. 
The visit to Burnley of the Lancashire and 
Cheshire Antiquarian Society in May, when the 
President of the Club (Mr. W. A. Waddington) and 
other members were able to render valuable assistance 
to that learned Society, will long be remembered 
with pleasure. From the foundation of the Club, its 
officers have considered it one of their chief duties to 
draw attention to the many claims the Burnley 
district has on the notice of the historian and the 
archeologist. A detailed account of the visit of the 
Antiquarian Society will be found incorporated in the 
‘¢ Transactions,” 
During the Spring of the year the Soviety lost a 
most useful member, Dr. J. W. Anningson was for 
several years a member of the Committee, and after- 
wards he was elected Vice-President. He always 
took an active interest in the work of the Club, and 
until the time when his health failed, he prepared 
and delivered before the Club papers showing great 
depth of thought and exhibiting great scientific 
research. 
After occupying the chair for a period of four 
years, Mr. F. J. Grant expressed his wish to retire 
from the post. By general consent Mr. W. A. 
Waddington was raised to the position thus vacated. 
Mr. Waddington was one of the founders of the 
Club. He was its first Secretary, and filled that 
important office for five years. The honour of the 
Presidency was justly due to one who, during the 
whole course of its history, had laboured so earnestly 
for its welfare. 
