250 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



having been offered to the Institution by his literary represen- 

 tative, Mr. Henry Martyn Jeffery, F.E.S., on condition of their 

 being published by us, the Council decided on issuing them as a 

 supplement to the Journal, considering that the exceptional 

 eminence of this writer — especially as & native of Truro — 

 justified some deviation from the usual exclusion of religious 

 topics. Some of the original letters will be placed under glass 

 in this room, and your council would suggest that they 

 constitute the nucleus of a collection of the autographs of 

 eminent Cornishmen, and that their portraits will be asso- 

 ciated with their letters, with reciprocal enhancement of 

 interest. Being assured that the members of this Institution 

 vv'ould wish to promote, as far as their co-operation was 

 available, the success of the jubilee of the Eoyal Cornwall 

 Polytechnic Society, the Council fixed the time of the excursion 

 so that it might constitute an integral part of that celebration, 

 and further they selected for the two days' expedition localities 

 on the opposite southern and northern shores of the middle of 

 the county, the m.ost varied in natural, scientific, and antiquarian 

 characteristics. Bodmin, that ancient centre of civil and 

 ecclesiastical Cornwall, was the pivot on which the movement 

 turned, and our warmest thanks are due to the Eev. W. lago for 

 the arrangements made by him there, and along the whole line 

 of march, which gave great satisfaction to the large party of 

 travellers. Much is also due to Major Parkyn, by whom the 

 heavy burden of direction at Truro was most willingly borne. 

 The expenses were necessary large, and entailed a loss of 

 £6 17s. 7d., a not unexpected exception to our general 

 experiences. The monthly meetings were better attended than 

 heretofore. The services of Mr. Naylor Carne, Mr. Trevail, 

 and of the Eev. A. P. Moor, in providing interesting entertain- 

 ment for three evenings, must be gratefully acknowledged. It 

 is hoped that members and their friends will muster still more 

 strongly this winter. It is proposed that, independently of the 

 continued presidency of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, the two 

 vacancies in the ofiice of vice-presidents shall be filled by Dr. 

 Barham and Dr. Jago, F.E.S., that Mr. Arthur Willyams be 

 the treasurer, Mr. H. M. Whitley and Major Parkyn, the 

 secretaries ; and that the other members of the Council be Mr. 

 Carter, Mr. Howard Fox, Mr. Frecheville, Dr. Hudson, Eev. 

 W. lago, Mr. Hamilton James, Mr. H. S. Leverton, Rev. A P. 

 Moor, Mr. E. M, Paul, and Mr. Tweedy. 



