GREENOCK PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Summarv? of IRcpout ot (Bilcbrist ZEvust Xectures. 



The lectures were delivered in the Town Hall as follows : — 



1897. AHENOANCE 



(Apfrt.ximalfJ. 



Sept. 30 — " Our Atmosphere and its Relation to Life," by 



Professor \'. B. Lewes, - - - - - 2195 



Oct. 14 — '■invisible Rays," by Dr. A. P. Laurie, - - 2387 



u 28 — ^^ Natures Armoury : Some Defences and Devices 



of Anima/ Life," hy Ur. \x\(\Yew \\^'\\son, - - 2350 



Nov. II — " T/ie Pond and its Minute Inhabitants^' liy Re\-. 



Dr. Dallinger, ------- 2566 



A large Committee was formed to make arrangements, num- 

 bering in all about eighty, and containing representatives from the 

 Magistrates, the Philosophical Society, the .Mechanics' Institute, and 

 the various public works. The price of the tickets for the Course 

 was fixed at 4d. for unreserved seats (in accordance with the rules 

 of the Trust), and 2s. 6d. for reserved seats. Through the members 

 of Committee and otherwise, nearly 2,600 tickets were sold. Of these, 

 only 109 were for reserved seats, being less than half the number 

 available. The Committee had hoped, by the sale of the reserved 

 seat tickets, to recover a considerable part of the ^50 advanced 

 towards lecturers' fees ; but the actual income did little more than 

 meet the other expenses. With this exception, the Course was in 

 every way successful. At the close of the last lecture a vote of 

 thanks was passed to the Gilchrist Trustees for sending their 

 lecturers to Greenock for the third time. 



