GREENOCK PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



It— Statement of iprocee&lngs. 



In submitting their Report for the past Session the Committee 

 are happy to state that there has been a considerable increase in the 

 Membership. This year they succeeded in completing the programme 

 for the whole Session prior to the commencement of the Course of 

 Lectures. Copies of the programmes were posted to a number of 

 gentlemen unconnected with the Society, who were afterwards called 

 upon by the Collector, and a gratifying response was made. The number 

 of Members at the close of last Session was i66 ; since then 37 have 

 joined, 11 have resigned, and 4 died, leaving 188 now on the roll. 

 There has been a corresponding increase in the number of ladies' 

 and youths' tickets — 219 of these having been issued. It will be seen 

 from the Treasurer's Statement that the balance at credit of the 

 Society now stands at ;^i7 19s. 3d. 



The following Lectures were delivered during the past Session — 



Nov. 2. — '■'■ How Jupiter and Venus caused the Great Ice Age." Illustrated by 

 the Oxy- Hydrogen Lantern. By Sir Robert S. Ball, K.B., 

 F.R. S., Royal Astronomer of Ireland. 



II 9. — " T/ie Buried Cities of Ancient Egypt." — Illustrated by the Oxy- 

 Hydrogen Lantern. By Miss Amelia B. Edwards, L.H.D., 

 Ph.D., LL.D., Vice-President of the Egypt Exploration Fund. 



11 16. — '■'■Poetry: its Nature and Relations to Alodern Life and Progress," 

 By William Jolly, Esq., F.R.S.E., F.G.S., H.M. Inspector 

 of Schools. 



I, 23. — "Scottish Humour." Illustrated by Characteristic Anecdotes. By 

 David Pryde, Esq., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.E., Principal of the 

 Edinburgh Ladies' College. 



11 30. — "Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Geyseis." With Oxy-Hydrogen Lantern 

 Illustrations. By Commander Charles Reade, R.N., London. 



Dec. 7. — "John Ruskiti: his Life, Teaching, and Character," By Joseph 

 FORSTER, Esq., London. 



II 14. — " Humorous and Pathetic Ballads." With Illustrations. By William 

 Ale.xander Barrett, Esq., Mus. Bac. Oxon. , Vicar-Choral of 

 St. Paul's Cathedral; H.M. Assistant-Inspector of Music, London. 



