GREENOCK PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



11, — Statement of ^rocec^tnga. 



In submitting its Report for the past Session, the Committee has 

 pleasure in referring to the large addition which has been made to 

 the Membership of the Society. The number of Members at the 

 close of last Session was 196 ; of these 17 have resigned ; but at the 

 commencement of the present Session 51 new Members joined, 

 making the total present Membership 230. There has also been an 

 increase in the number of Ladies' and Youths' Tickets sold, the total 

 number taken up this Session being 280, as against 221 last Session. 

 It will be seen from the Treasurer's Statement that the balance at 

 the credit of the Society now is ;^S9 i^s. id., as compared with 

 ;^3o 7s. 4d. last year; out of this balance, however, there remains to 

 be paid the cost, amounting to ^20 or thereby, of the oxyhydrogen 

 lantern purchased by the Society ; but even taking this into account, 

 a considerable sum has been added to the balance of last year. 

 Keeping in view the payment of this sum and also the extraordinary 

 outlay incurred in providing additional chairs, and in the purchase of 

 the screen and other apparatus connected with the lantern, the 

 Committee thinks it is not without reason in congratulating the 

 Members on the financial position of the Society. 



The following Lectures were delivered during the past Session 

 1892-93 :— 



1892 



Oct. 28. — "New and Old Ways to the Far East; the Overland Route and 

 the Sites Cn?ial." With Lime-light Illustrations. By Sir 

 Thomas Sutherland, K.C.M.G., L.L.D., M.P. 



Nov. 4. — "Notes of a Visit to China and Japan i7i tlie Spring of iSgi^ 

 With Lime-light Illustrations. By Thomas Prentice, Esq., 

 Greenock. 



„ II. — "The Properties of Gases Explained and Illustrated!'^ With 

 Experiments. By Professor Cargii.l G. Knott, D.Sc, 

 F.R.S.E., Edinburgh. 



