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CHRONOLOGICAL MEMORANDA. 



1870. 



January 1. The Western Morning Neios publislies an Article entitled : 

 " 1869 in the West of England." 



January 1. The new Lighthouse on the Wolf Eock lighted for the first 

 time. 



January 1. The Cormuall Gazette publishes a " Mining Keview " for the 

 year 1869. 



January 1, 15, 29. Cornioall Gazette publishes Articles on " The 

 County Gaol," parts of a series entitled " Inside our County Institutions." 



January 5. The Cornish Telegraph publishes an " Abstract of the 

 weather at Penzance and its neighbourhood for the year 1869 " ; by W. 

 Hosken Eichards. 



January 6. West Briton publishes "Local Events of the year 1869." 



January 6. Annual Meeting of the Eoyal Cornwall Polytechnic Society ; 

 Mr. J. St. Aubyn, M.P., President, in the chair. The Committee's Eeport 

 announced a marked improvement in the Society's financial position. 



January 12 ; February 9, 16, 23 ; and March 2. Cornish Telegraph 

 contains communications on " The Tithe on Fish at Newlyn and Mousehole." 



January 12, 19 ; February 16, 23. Cornish Telegraph publishes letters 

 signed " Ap Kedua," on " Druidic Eemains"; in completion of a series 

 commenced in December, 1869. 



January 13. West Briton publishes a letter signed " E. H, W. D.," 

 Greenwich, entitled "Eemarks on the Cromlech on Prospidnick Hill; " with 

 postscript concerning a Cromlech near St. Columb. 



January 13. West Briton records that Mr. J. T. Blight, F.S.A., had 

 been elected a member of the Historical and Archaeological Association of 

 Ireland. 



January 18, and subsequently. Western Morning Neivs publishes, under 

 the heading " Life in the Two Counties," and in continuation of a series 

 commenced in 1869, articles descriptive of places in Cornwall and Devon, 

 viz. : — 



Bodmin : January 18, 19. 



Barnstaple : January 25, 31. 



Launceston : February 9, March 2. 



Bideford: May 11, 13. 



January 20. West Briton publishes a letter signed "A," concerning 

 " The Giant's Quoit or Cromlech on Prospidnick Hill; and also a letter by 

 "Inquirer," on " Liskeard ; — Herles, Hurlers, Circles, &c." 



January 26. Cornish Telegraph publishes an Article entitled "CornwaU 

 a Century Ago." 



