THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT. 



An examination was held after the close of the course on the 

 subjects treated in the lectures, at which thirty candidates presented 

 themselves. The questions were set by Dr. Wilson, and the papers 

 have been sent to him for adjudication. 



After the eighth lecture the following resolution was put to the 

 large meeting by the President of the Philosophical Society, and 

 carried by acclamation and with the greatest enthusiasm : — 



" That the best thanks of the community of Greenock be given 

 to the Combe Trustees for their generosity in granting this course of 

 lectures to this town, and that the audiences attending the lectures 

 express the hope that, in consequence of the great success of the 

 first course, a second course by Dr. Andrew ^Vilson may be granted 

 to Greenock next year." 



Besides this resolution, resolutions to a similar effect were passed 

 by the Magistrates and Town Council of Greenock and by the 

 Trades Council, copies of which are annexed. 



The Committees desire to reiterate to the Combe Trustees the 

 expression of their gratitude for these lectures, and of their sense of 

 the great importance to the community of the instruction conveyed 

 in them. And further, they feel that any report on the subject 

 would be very inadequate and incomplete which did not contain 

 their recognition of the great ability, consummate tact, and unsur- 

 passable qualities of Dr. Andrew Wilson as a lecturer. The success 

 of these lectures, unparalleled in so far as Greenock is concerned, 

 is certainly mainly due to his personality, and the Committees most 

 heartily concur in the desire universally expressed by the whole town 

 for a further course on Public Health by the same distinguished 

 lecturer. 



R. CAIRD, 



President of the Greenock Philosophical Society. 



GEO. MURRAY, 



Hon. Secretary of the Greenock Philosophical Society. 



Greenock, 24th December, 1893. 



