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and Cheshire, Royal Institution of Great Britain, Literary and Philoso- 

 phical Societies of Hull and Manchester, Royal Irish Academy, and the 

 Peace Conference Committee. 



The Council refer with great pleasure to two resolutions passed by 

 the Society during the early part of the session. 



1st. " That Visitors be admitted at the commencement of the meeting." 



2nd. " That the privilege of attending the public meetings be given 

 to the presidents and seci'etaries, ex officio, of such societies as meet in 

 the Royal Institution, or may be approved by the Society." 



In accordance with the last mentioned regulation, the Society, on the 

 recommendation of the Council, invited the attendance, at our meetings, 

 of the President and Secretary of the Polytechnic Society, Architectural 

 and Archaeological Society, Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 

 and the Chemists' Association. 



This has been most gracefully acknowledged by these societies, and 

 the same privilege has been extended to the officers of this society in 

 return. 



Your Council are fully aware of the desirableness of encouraging 

 that friendly feeling which now exists between the learned Societies of 

 the tovm, and in order to cultivate it more fully, the Council are of 

 opinion that, when papers of puljlic or general iuterest are to be brought 

 before this Society, they should be authorized to invite the members of 

 other Societies and the public to attend the meeting. 



Invitations of this nature were received during the Session from the 

 Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, to attend a day meeting 

 on the 5th May, and also from the Chemists' Association, to attend the 

 exhibition, by Mr. Staite, of the Electric Light, in the Theatre of the 

 Royal Institution, on the 29th April. 



Both these invitations were gladly accepted by the members of this 

 Society, and the meetings were numerously attended. 



The Council refer with satisfaction to a most agreeable re-union 

 of the Societies at the celebration of the centenary of the birthday of 

 William Roscoe, on the 8th March kot. On this occasion tlie members 

 of the learned Societies of the town, with their friends, met together 

 (1 ,900 in number), at a public breakfast in the Pliilharmoiiic-hall, under 

 the presidency of the Right Hon. tlie Earl of Sefton, Lord-Lieut, of 

 the County, when we were also honoured with the presence of our 

 excellent Chief Magistrate, the Lord ]3isliop of the Diocese, and other 

 distinguished visitors. 



The opening of the valuable museum presented to the town by the 

 Earl of Derby followed, and the day's proceedings closed with au 



