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attendance of 55, as against 73 the year previous. 
This decrease is, to a very large extent, due to 
the unusually severe weather during the Winter 
Session, and to the fact that for some months the 
service of trams in the town was stopped owing to 
the re-construction of the Tramways. 
The Committee wish to report that a new Lantern, 
with electric fittings and appliances, has been 
purchased for the Club, and has been successfully 
used in connection with several illustrated lectures. 
Since the last Annual Meeting, two volumes of 
the Transactions of the Club, for the years 1898 
and 1899, have been published, and it is confi- 
dently expected that in a very short time those for 
the years 1900 and 1901 will be in the possession 
of the members. 
Finally, the Committee would again urge the 
claims of the Club to the hearty support of all in 
our community, who are interested in the welfare 
and maintenance of a society whose prime object 
is the intellectual advancement of its members. 
