The responsibility" of editing our publications has now devolved 

 on the officers of the Institution, and, aided as they will be by 

 the writers of papers, the duty will doubtless be well performed ; 

 but the practised skill and literary acquirements of Mr. Chorley 

 will not fail to be often missed. It is to be hoped that the valu- 

 able summary prepared by him for the Journal for a good many 

 years past under the title of " Chronological Notes " will be con- 

 tinued by some of our members who may be able to devote a 

 portion of their leisure to this purpose. 



The Journal which has been issued since the last meeting 

 contains a number of papers of Antiquarian, Mineralogical and 

 general interest and fully maintains its character of usefulness. 

 It is to be hoped that mine-surgeons will follow the example set 

 by Dr. Hudson of Redruth and furnish the Institution with 

 further observations " On Dynamite in its Sanitary Aspect." The 

 value of dynamite as an explosive cannot be overrated ; but at 

 the same time it is important to ascertain from mine-surgeons 

 whether or not the constant use of it is in any way injurious to 

 the health of the miners. 



The new volume of the Journal now in the press will soon be 

 completed and sent out to the subscribers. 



The series of Annual Excursions, which was interrupted last 

 year in consideration of the Meeting of the Archaeological Insti- 

 tution at Exeter, was resumed in September by a visit to the old 

 towns of Lostwithiel and Fowey and points of interest in their 

 neighbourhood. The season was unavoidably later than is in 

 itself desirable, but the weather was fine and the day was most 

 enjoyable, as well as full of antiquarian instruction. The recep- 

 tion of the representatives of the Institution in this its first 

 corporate introduction to these ancient boroughs, which occupy a 

 conspicuous place in our national as well as our Cornish history, 

 was most cordial; and the advantages derivable from these 

 excursions in directing general attention to what is of already 

 ascertained but often forgotten interest in each locality, and 

 exciting the spirit of discovery and research, have on no former 

 occasion been better shown ; whilst the claims of this Society as 

 the most appropriate centre, as regards this County, for the col- 

 lection as well as diffusion of such knowledge, were equally recog- 

 nized. As illustrative of this it is due to Mr. Deeble Boger 

 and to Mr. Freeth to mention that documents of very great 

 importance to the records of Eestormel Castle and Lostwithiel 

 were communicated by them to the public for the first time during 

 this excursion. 



Numerous donations to the Museum and Library were noticed 

 at the Spring Meeting and several have been received since from 



