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Six Lectures on the Chertustiy of Gas Manufacture, and of the Products- 

 Resulting fro:u it, illustrated with specimens, diagrams, and numerou* 

 experiments, by Mr. Edward Davies, F.C.S. 

 Three Lectures on Art and Antiquities, by Mr. Charles T. Gatty, Assistant 



Curator of the ^klayer Museum. 

 One Lecture on the Unity of Plan and Evidence of Design in the Animal 

 Frame, from the Fish to the Man, by Mr. B. Waterhouse Hawkin.s, 

 F.L.S., F.G.S. 

 Tsvo Lectures on the Voice in Singing, and the Art of Reading "\'ocal Music 



at Sight, illustrated by diagrams, by Mr. James Veacock. 

 Six Lectures on Navigation and Astronomy, by Mr. J. T. Towson, F.R.G.S. 

 Three Biological Lectures, by Dr. ]Millen Coughtrey, Professor of Anatomy 



and Physiology in the L^niversity of Otago, New Zealand. 

 One Lecture on the Bradshaw's Guide of Thirty Years Ago, or Travelling 

 as it Was Compared with Travelling as it Ls, by the Rev. Hugh Stowell 

 Brown. 

 Two Lectures on Local Exhibitions of Pictures, by ^Ir. B. H. Grindley. 

 One Lecture on the Influence of the Fine Arts on the Moral and Intel- 

 lectual Life of Great Cities, by P. H. Rathbone, Esq. 

 Three Lectures on the Political and Social History of England in the 

 Middle Ages, by Mr. James BirchaU, formerly Government Lecturer on 

 Historj' in the Nonnal College, York, and Author of " England under 

 the Normans and Plantaganets," &c. 

 One Lecture on the History and Practice of the Art of Etching, with 

 illustrations, by Mr. John Finnie, Head Ma.ster of the Government 

 School of Art, Southern Division. 

 Four Readings, by Mr. Frederick Kemjister, M.A. 

 During two seasons a course of French instniction has been gratuitously 

 conducted by Professor J. D. Gaillard, and has met with great success. Another 

 course is in progress during the present winter. 



The Institution has now assumed a verj' exten.sive and important position, 

 and if properly conducted is calculated to produce very important results in 

 the diffusion of knowledge and the promotion of education. The Committee 

 feel their responsibility, and are determined that no effort shall be wanting t<» 

 render the machinery in operation j^erfectly efficient. 



Signed, on behalf of the Conmiittee, 



pp J. A. PICTOX, 



Chairman 



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