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by hini are of great importance, and, conflicting as they do 

 considerably with those commonly accepted, may be expected to 

 elicit a discussion tending to enrich both our transactions and 

 our geological collection. It has been duly proposed that Mr. 

 Collins be elected an Honorary Member ; and the Council trust 

 that you will gladly sanction this proposition, and further join 

 them in best wishes for his prosperity, and in the hojDe that he 

 will give us the benefit of such results of his observation and 

 study abroad, as may be adapted to the illustration of the matters' 

 of Cornish interest falling within the scope of this society. As 

 a parallel case, it is gratifying to us to mention that Mr. R. 

 Pearce, formerly the lecturer in our Mining School, who is now 

 established successfully in Colorado, has sent a donation of £20 to 

 our special fund, as evidence of his sense of early obligation ; he 

 also promises an account of the Silver Lodes in his part of Amer- 

 ica, which present very striking analogies to the tin lodes of this 

 county. 



In regard to our geological collections much remains to be 

 done, especially for purposes of instruction, practical as well as 

 scientific ; and it is to be hoped that the time is not distant when 

 teaching of a sound and thorough character, combined with 

 laboratory work, will be regularly accessible within our walls. 

 Lectures of a more popular kind, such as Mr. Collins's course 

 on Geology, in the spring, which was fairly attended, will 

 always be fostered by this Institution as adjuncts to serious 

 systematic study. 



Our obligations to Mr. H. M. Whitley, in regard to the 

 editing of the Journal, have been already alluded to ; and it should 

 be added that we have been, and shall be, greatly benefited bj^ 

 his researches among ancient records and documents preserved 

 in public offices in London, where also the efficient aid of Mr. 

 Walter Tregellas has been promised as Metropolitan corres- 

 pondent. The Rev. W. lago, to whom we have been so largely 

 indebted through many past years, has accepted a like post for 

 the Eastern Division of Cornwall ; and Major Parkyn has 

 kindly bestowed the required time and attention, by no means 

 small in extent, on our home aft'airs. 



Our Meteorological Department has been regularly main- 

 tained ; and, as in former years, the diligence and accuracy of 



