Jan. 22.— J. Newby Hetherixgton, F.R.G.S. The Part played by the 

 Imagination in the Development of Language. 



Feb. 5. — Eev. A. HowsoN. Layard's Discoveries at Nineveh. Illustrated 

 by twenty Diagrams. 



Feb. 19. — A. Craig Christie, F.L.S. British Ferns and their Haunts. 



Mch. 4. — C. Buchanan. Ancient and Modern Ship Building. 



Mch. 18.— G. ScouLAR, M.E. A Visit to the Channel Tunnel. 



April 1. — D. Burns, C.E., F.G.S. A Trip Across Eussia. 



April 15. — H. U. Mc.Kie, C.E. (City Surveyor, Carlisle.) Public and 

 Private Drainage. 



April 29. — Bu.siNESs Meeting, Election of Officers, &c. 



In presenting their Seventeenth Annual Report to the members 

 of the Whitehaven Scientific Association, the Committee have to 

 state that the affairs of the Association are in a satisfactory 

 condition. 



Membership. 

 Since the last report there has been a decrease in the number 

 of members, owing to resignations, removals, and deaths. Twelve 

 new members were elected during the session, and there are now 

 seventy-seven associate- and two hundred and twenty-five ordinary 

 members on the books, making a total of three hundred and two. 



Finances. 

 The finances of the Association are in a sound state. The 

 expenditure for the year, including the purchase of a handsome 

 bookcase for the library, which, through the kindness of a member, 

 the Committee were able to obtain on very favourable terms, has 

 been more than covered by the income, and the debit balance has 

 been reduced to ;^i8 19s. 2d. 



Opening Meeting. 

 Owing to the difficulty in obtaining premises suitable for a 

 conversazione, as in former years, the Committee altered the 

 character of the opening meeting of the session. The presidential 

 address was given as usual, followed by a musical programme. 

 In consequence, probably, of this alteration, the attendance of 



