REPORT. 
Presented at the Annual Meeting of Members, April 3rd, 1906. 
The Committee have pleasure in presenting to the Members 
the Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Club. 
During the Club year now ended, 22 meetings have been 
held, in which they are glad to think that much useful work 
has been done. The papers read before the Members have 
been interesting and stimulating, and they think they may claim 
that the quality of the contributions has kept up to the level 
now associated with the Burnley Literary and Scientific Club. 
The interest of the Members has been shown by the excellent 
speaking at many of the meetings, and by the attendances, 
which have averaged 40 Members and 32 friends, compared 
with 36 members and 25 friends last year. The aggregate 
attendance has been 873 Members and 714 friends, or a total 
of 1587 individual attendances. 
At the twenty-two meetings which have been held, papers . 
have been read by 10 members and 12 friends. The papers 
have dealt with the various branches of work in which the 
Club is interested, as follows :— 
Literary—8 papers. Science—6 papers. 
Travel—7 papers. Music—l paper. 
During the year 20 new Members have been elected, and 
the membership is now composed of 23 Honorary and 200 
Ordinary Members. 
On July 5th an Excursion was arranged to Hole i’th 
Wood, Bolton, and Rivington Pike. The weather was not 
propitious, but those members who availed themselves of 
the facilities provided spent a pleasant afternoon in a country 
new to most of them. 
The Committee recognise with gratitude the admirable 
service rendered by Mr. A. A. Bellingham as Hon. Lanternist 
to the Club. During the year the Club’s equipment has 
been thoroughly revised, and on 13. occasions the new 
lantern has been used with effect and general satisfaction. 
The Committee look forward with confidence to next year’s 
work, and hope for the continued support of the Members in 
their efforts to secure a continuance of the high class papers 
they have hitherto provided. 
CHAS. HARGREAVES, 
Hon. Sec. 
