ANNIJAL MEETING. 36 



Tlie minutes of the Anmial Meeting having been read and 

 confirmed, the Curator (Mr. Greorge Penrose) presented the Annual 

 Report. 



85TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



In presenting their 85th Annual Report the Council have 

 much jileasure in being again able to speak of the continued 

 prosperity of the Society. 



The structural alterations to the buildings that were so 

 successfully carried out last year have added much to the general 

 aj)2:»earance of the museum, and have afforded much-desired 

 additional space for laying out the numerous exhibits acquired 

 by gifts and purchase, which have so greatly increased the value 

 of the collections. 



The loss of members during the past year, however, has 

 been seriously felt, for we have to record the death of the 

 following gentlemen : — Sir Charles B. Graves-Sawle, Bart., Mr. 

 George Hicks, of Pentowan, Newquay ; Mr, W. E. Baily, 

 Mr. B. Blenkinsop, Mr. F. King, surgeon ; Mr. James Henderson, 

 C.E. ; Mr. Silvanus Trevail, and Monsieur L. Moissenet. 



Sir Charles B. Graves-Sawle was one of our oldest members, 

 having joined at the death of his father, Sir Joseph Sawle, some 

 40 years ago. 



Mr, George Hicks, although a member of a few years' 

 standing only, had, for a considerable period, shewn much 

 interest in our society. 



Mr. W. E. Baily had, at the time of his decease, been a 

 member for some ten years and but for his indifferent health 

 woidd have taken a more active part in our proceedings. He 

 was for some years a member of our Council. It will be 

 remembered that on our excursion to his neighbourhood in 

 1898 he hospitably entertained our party at his beautiful 

 residence, Lynwood, near Penzance. 



Mr. Blenkinsop, a member of a well-known Cornish family, 

 although himself living in a distant county, showed much 

 interest in our Society. 



Mr. King, the well-known surgeon of this city, was a great 

 friend of the institution, and having tastes akin to the objects 



