ROYAL mSTITUTIOF OF CORNWALL. 



SPRING MEETING, 

 1874. 



This Meeting was held, at noon, on Friday the 22nd of May, 

 in the Library of the Institution. The President, Dr. Jago, F.R.S., 

 presided ; and there were also present, (besides ladies) : — Mr. 

 Tweedy, Treasurer; Mr, Whitley, F.M.S. and Dr. Le Neve Foster, 

 F.G.S., Secretaries ; Dr. Barham and Eev. W. lago. Members of 

 the Council; Mr. T. A. Cragoe, Mr. S. Hocking (Kosewarne), 

 Mr. B. Kitto, Mr. Pascoe (Pentreve), Mr. G. F. Eemfry (Torquay), 

 Mr. E. Sharp, Mr. E. Sharp, junr., Mr. E. G. Spry, Mr. D. G. 

 Whitley, Mr. H. Williams (Colorado), Mr. R. N. Worth, &c. 



The President read the following Address : — 



Ladies and Gentlemen, 



Twenty years ago, when I was admitted a member of this 

 Institution, it was customary for the President to remain in office 

 as long as he were willing to do so, and it was only once a year 

 that he was expected to occupy the chair whilst "literary and 

 scientific " pajoers communicated to the Society were read to its 

 members and their friends ; which was at the conclusion of the 

 Autumnal Meeting fixed by the rules for the choice of the members 

 of the Council for the ensuing year, and the transaction of the 

 general business of the Society. And, inasmuch as a primary 

 object of the meeting was to hear the Report of the Council on 

 the progress and prospects of the Society, the reading of this 

 Report served so aptly to oiDen the proceedings of the day that 

 the President, were he so inclined, could, with a good grace, 

 dispense with preliminary remarks of his own on this or any 

 other subject, and the annual publications of the Society show 

 that he, virtually, availed himself of this privilege. 



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