REPORT 
Presented at the Annual Meeting held April 8th, 1902. 
In presenting the Twenty-eighth Annual Report, 
the Committee of the Burnley Literary and Scientific 
Club are gratified at again being able to point to 
the continued usefulness of the Club. 
During the last two Sessions twenty-two ordinary 
meetings have been held, one evening being devoted 
to Music. The Winter Session was opened by 
Canon H. D. Rawnsley, M.A., who eloquently ex- 
pounded the objects of ‘The National Trust for 
the Preservation of Places of Historic Interest or 
Natural Beauty.” The Visit of Professor W. A. 
Flinders Petrie deserves special notice, when a 
lecture was delivered by him in the Church 
Institute before a large audience, on ‘“ The Rise of 
Civilisation in Egypt.” The last ordinary meeting 
of the year was exceptionally interesting, when four 
younger members of the Club read short Papers on 
what they considered the best book they had — 
in the year 1901. 
Twelve new members have been elected, and 
the Club now consists of 23 Honorary members 
and 201 Ordinary members. Throughout the year the 
average attendance at ordinary meetings has been 
33 members and 22 friends, making a total average 
