XXXI. 



PUBLIC LECTUREti were deVmred as under:— 



Eev. H. D. Rawxsley. — A Day in Cairo. 

 Eev. H. J. BuLKELEY. — Robert Browning. 



David Page, Esq., M.D. — The Physiology of Digestion in relation to Diet. 

 R. Russell, Esq., r.G,S., H.M. Geol. Survey. — Cyprus. 

 J. R. Beidson, Esq. — Electricity. 



W. D. Crewdson, Esq. — Edmund Spencer, Poet and Englishman. 

 J. E. Marr, Esq., F.G.S.— Dress and Fashion. 



J. D. Kendall, Esq., F.G.S. — The Geological History of the Lake District. 

 B. A. Irving, Esq. — The Chotts of Algeria. 

 Eev. Geo. Crewdson, M.A. — Ants. 

 Miss Young. — The Muse of Coila, Robert Burns. 



J. Newby Hetherington, Esq. — The Arthurian Tales, and Tenu\-son's use 

 of them. 



The Public Lectures have been fairly well attended throughout 

 the Session by your members and the general public. Consider- 

 able interest has been taken in tlie subjects brought before the 

 meetings, and so far the object of the Society has been attained. 



The members of the Bowness and Windermere Institutes having 

 been invited to attend all lectures free of charge, have in many 

 instances availed themselves of the advantages offered. Mr. J. D. 

 Kendall, C.E., F.G.S., afforded us ready and valuable help in 

 assisting us to secure the aid of several well-known lecturers. Our 

 best thanks are due to those gentlemen who so kindly gave their 

 services to promote the objects of the Society by lecturing before it. 



The following officers were appointed for the coming Session: — 

 President, Lord Decies ; Vice Presidents, Rev. E. P. Stock and 

 G. Healey ; Secretaries, Messrs. VV. C. MacDougall and B. E. 

 Fisher ; Treasurer, J. Holland ; Committee, J. Ballantyne, F. 

 Barton, J. R. Bridson, F. Clowes, H. Crossley, T. Dobson, R. 

 Morgan, H. W. Schneider, S. A. K. Sylvester, W. Taylor, T. 

 Thompson, and W. V. Yates. 



