THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



^taUmcrxt of (procceitnge. 



The number of members for the past session was 208, a 

 decrease of 10 as compared with the preceding year. Of tickets to 

 admit ladies and youths, 226 were sold. The attendance at the 

 lectures was good throughout. 



It will be seen from the Treasurer's Statement that it has been 

 found necessary to draw upon the accumulated balance at the 

 credit of the society to the extent of _£ig 2s. gd., reducing it to 

 ^^83 IDS. 3d, This result is partly due to a somewhat larger 

 expenditure than usual on lecturers' fees, and partly to the cost of 

 printing the Watt Lectures for both 1898 and 1899 having fallen to 

 this year's account. 



The following were the lectures delivered : — 



1898 



Oct. 28. — Opening Lecture— "5^?;;/?^^/ Johnson.'' By Sir Henry 

 Craik, K.C.B., LL.D., Secretary of the Scotch Education 

 Department. 



Nov. 4.— "7?/j^ of the Potta's Art:' By William Burton, Esq., F.C.S. 

 „ M.—^' The Formation of Public Opinion." By WiLLlAM Knight, 

 Esq., LL.D., Professor of Moral Philosophy in the 

 University of Saint Andrews. 



^^ \%.— ''Old Musical Instrume7tts:' With Illustrations. By ARNOLD 

 DOLMETSCH, Esq., London, and Assistants. 



,, 25. — "■ Some Experiences of a7i Everyday Journalist:' With Lime- 

 light Illustradons. By Viscount Mountmorres. 



j)e(._ 2. — '■'■Old Buildini^s and the Story they tell." With Limelight 

 Illustrations. By ARNOLD MITCHELL, Esq., F.R.I.B..A. 



,, 9. — "■Three Years in Afghanistan." With Limelight Illustrations. 

 By Miss Lillias Hamilton, M.D., late Medical Attendant 

 to the Ameer of Afghanistan. 



„ lb.— ''Cardinal Richelieu." By A. J. Grant, Esq., M.A., Professor 

 of History in Yorkshire College, Leeds. 



