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to in the last Report, have been lately resumed ; and there is 

 reason to hope that, through the co-operation of new and younger 

 workers with the old ones, they will not only be useful as well as 

 attractive in themselves, but will be developed gradually into 

 more general meetuigs of our members for the cultivation of many 

 subjects embraced by this Institution. Under this head, your 

 Council are glad to be able to recommend to you the appointment 

 of Mr. Michell Whitley to the office of Assistant Secretary. You 

 will welcome a worthy scion from so good a stock, who is willing 

 to bring the fresh energies of early life to the service of the 

 Society, to which your senior officers, however good their will, are 

 often prevented from attending, by more imperative duties. 



It is but due to Mr. Newcombe, your Curator, to mention the 

 assiduity and accuracy with which he records and reduces the 

 Meteorological Observations. Some extension has been given of 

 late years to "the yearly summary of facts in this department, es- 

 pecially in the way of comparison with other localities in Corn- 

 wall and elsewhere. Fuller knowledge on this subject may be 

 expected through the establishment of a Government Observatory 

 at Falmouth. 



It is matter of congratulation that no obituary notice is called 

 for on this occasion. No member has been lost to us during the 

 year. 



One parting we have to regret. Mr. Smirke, who kindly 

 yielded to our request that he would fill the chair for a second 

 year, has now completed the term to which our laws limit the 

 holding of the Presidency. You will join us in thanking him not 

 only for the attention he has given to the ordinary duties of that 

 office, and his own valuable communications both oral and written, 

 but also for the zealous kindness with which he has turnea to ac- 

 count for our benefit his special facilities of access to the Prince 

 of Wales and the archives of the Duchy of Cornwall, particularly 

 in relation to the Golden Lunulae now in our cabinet, and the 

 perhaps unique Gold Cup shewn here in August. 



Your Council indulge the hope that at some future time Mr. 

 Smirke will again be at our head. Meanwhile, we have no doubt 

 you will share the satisfaction we feel in being allowed to nominate 

 Mr. Eogers, of Penrose, as his successor. In him, you are well 

 aware, the Institution will have as its President one who is in- 

 terested in and conversant with its objects, particularly in regard 

 to Anticjuities, — who has aided it constantly by donations and by 

 his pen, — and who-is the son of one of its founders and earliest 

 and most zealous supporters. Under his direction we may feel 

 confident that the Institution will go on and prosper. 



