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Other Members. 



Mr. H. Andeew, 

 C. Bahham, M.D., 

 Eev. J. K. Cornish, M.A. 

 Mk. Williams Hockin, 

 Mb. John James, 



Mb. H. S. Leveeton, 

 Me. a. p. Nix, 

 Mb. Alexandee Paull, 

 Mb. Gr. F. Eemfry, 

 Mb. W. Tweedy. 



3. — That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be given to those 

 gentlemen who have favoured the Society with Papers or other 

 Communications in the course of the year, and also to the Donors 

 to the Library and Museum. 



4.— That the thanks of this Meeting be given to Dr. Barham, 

 for the ability with which he has presided over the proceedings of 

 this day. 



THE COUNCIL'S REPORT. 



^ In presenting to the members of the Royal Institution of 

 Cornwall their Report for the year 1868, your Council would draw 

 attention to the fact that it is now fifty years ago that this 

 Society was instituted under the title of " The Cornwall Literary 

 and Philosophical Institution " ; its object being to stimulate 

 research into Natural Philosophy, Natural History, and the an- 

 tiquities and history of the County, and to form a nucleus around 

 which the scientific men of Cornwall might concentrate. In the 

 year 1821 the title of the Society was altered to that which it 

 now bears, namely, " The Royal Institution of Cornwall " ; and 

 His Majesty King George the Fourth Avas graciously pleased to 

 become its Patron. In the year 1828 a further advance was made 

 by the acquisition of proper rooms to contain the Museum, which 

 had now attained to considerable proportions. — In the year 1839 

 the Mining School was established under the auspices of the late 

 Sir Charles Lemon, who was then and for a long time President. 

 The necessity for the formation of such a school had been during 

 many years apparent ; and your Council regret that it did not 

 then meet with the support that had been hoped for. A similar 

 but less extensive attempt was made in 1854 and carried on, by 

 the agency of this Institution, for two years, when it became 

 merged in the present Miners' Association, with fair success. The 

 last change of importance took place in the year 1864, when it 

 was decided to issue a Journal, in lieu of the Annual Reports 

 which up to that time had contained the Papers contributed and 

 read at the Meetings of the Society. Your Council regret that 



