Delegates. 

 Mr. C. W. Smith. | Mr. James Bentley. 



Committee. 



Mr. Wm. Barton. I Rev. H. D. Rawnsley. 



Mr. J. Fleming. ! Rev. E. A. Riddle. 



G. Gatey, Esq. I Mr. John Russell. 



Dr. Johnston. Dr. Tenant. 



F. M. T. Jones, Esq. | Mr. C. W. Smith. 



PUBLIC LECTURES. 

 1881. 

 Oct, 21.— C. A. Parker, Esq., M.D.— Our Birds. 

 Nov. 16.— R. Russell, Esq., C.E., F.G.S.— Our Coal Seams, aud tbe 



Process by which they have been formed. 

 Dec. 16. —J. E. Marr, Esq., M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge. — 



Geology and Scenery of the Lake District. 

 Dec. 22.— J. E. Taylor, Esq., Ph.D., F.L.S., F.G.S.— The Stoi-y of a 



Flint Pebble. 

 Dec. 30. — J. E. Marr, Esq., M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge. — 



Early Man in Britain. 

 1882. 

 Jan. 13.— Professor Seeley, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c.— On the Habits and 



Domestic Life of Fishes. 

 Jan. 27. — J. D. Kendall, Esq., C.E., F.G.S. — Lakes, and how they are 



formed. 

 Feb. 10. — R. Woodthorpe Browne, Esq. — Mendlessohn. (Biographical 



Sketch, and short Selection from his Works. ) 

 Feb. 24.— Arohd. Kitchin, Esq., F.I.C., F.C.S.— A Beam of Sunlight, 



and its Lessons. (Illustrated with Experiments. ) 



ORDINARY MEETINGS. 

 1881. 

 Nov. 4. — J. C. Shepherd, Esq. — Words. 



Dec. 2.— Rev. E. M. Reynolds, M. A.— Debate : That Life in the Country 

 is preferable to Life in Town. 

 1882. 

 Mar. 24. — Rev. H. S. Callender, M.A., President. — Local Museums. 

 Annual Meeting- — Election of Officers. 



In presenting the Fifth Annual Report, the Committee have 

 pleasure in being able to record a markedly revived interest in the 

 Society, and to congratulate the members on the completion of a 

 very generally successful Session. 



On July 8th, a very interesting and pleasant Excursion was 

 made to Barrow-in-Furness. The Steel Works were visited, and 

 the various processes in the manufacture of steel rails were very 



