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Summary of Proceedings for the Year 1878-9. 

 Mr. President and Gentlemen, 



The Anniversary Meeting for the transaction of the usual 

 business was held at the Royal Literary and Scientific Institution 

 on the morning of the 18th of February, and in the evening of 

 the same day the dinner took place at the Pump Room Hotel 

 under the presidency of Mr. Skrine ; the Vice-President, the 

 Rev. Preb. Scarth being absent from England. 



The Chairman, in proposing " Success to the Club," after the 

 usual loyal toasts, discussed the problem how to make the 

 members more active and useful in promoting the object for 

 which the Club was formed, and with that view made some 

 valuable suggestions. One was that in the election of members 

 their choice should be made of those only who sympathised with 

 and were likely to assist the work the Club undertook ; ornamental 

 members were not needed, only useful ones. In the second place, 

 with the view of avoiding over-fatigue by including too many 

 things in their day's excursion, they should not attempt too much 

 in one day, but simply select one object of interest, spend some 

 time over it, and falling into groups explore it, and perchance 

 discover other details about it than those main ones already in 

 print. They had a valuable series of " Proceedings," and he 

 was sure there was still a great deal to be done in local archa3ology 

 as well as in natural science. If they did not take an interest 

 in geology and natural history, he thought they must all be 

 interested in local history, and in that subject there were still 

 many details to be elucidated. In the third place, he would 

 suggest that if such gatherings as that about which he was 

 speaking could be made more frequent it would be of advantage 

 to the Club. The feeling of sociability would be then cultivated, 

 as it was of great importance to know that they were workers 

 in a common cause and felt sympathy in one another's aims and 



