40 ANNUAL MEETING, 



Mr. Tliurstan Peter proposed the adoption of the Eeport. 

 He asked any ladies and gentlemen who had valuahle manu- 

 scripts to kindly submit them to the Institution that they might 

 be copied and printed in the Journal. Within the j)ast few weeks 

 he had had handed him the original notes and plan which had 

 been made by Mr. William Mitchell, of Compriguey, when he 

 first excavated old Perran Church. He had also received during 

 the past week or two some manor rolls dated from the time of 

 Henry YI. to the present day, and the amount of light thrown 

 by them on the history of Cornwall was simply marvellous. 

 There must be hundreds of such old documents in the county, 

 and if only they were brought to light and offered to the 

 Institution a valuable contribution would be made to the history of 

 the county. They had had a very enjoyable time under Sir 

 Robert Harvey, and he did not think they could recall any 

 president who had acted in a more generous and kind-hearted 

 manner than Sir Robert. (Applause.) Those who knew his 

 successor would, he thought, have every confidence that he, too, 

 possessed all those characteristics, and would not allow himself to 

 be outstripped by his predecessor. He looked forward to a 

 successful time for those who would have the pleasure of serving 

 under Sir Edwin's presidency. (Apj^lause.) He proposed the 

 adoption of the Eeport, and that the thanks of the Society 

 be given to the officers for their attention to the interests of the 

 association during the year. 



Mr. J. D. Enys, in seconding, wished to endorse all that Mr. 

 Peter had said about old manuscripts. He was himself trying 

 to get a picture of the old Cavalry Barracks of Truro, which 

 stood on the site now occupied by Strangways Terrace. They 

 had to thank Sir Robert Harvey for having gone to the expense 

 of restoring the portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller of Anthony 

 Payne, the Cornish giant. Thanks to Sir Robert, who undertook 

 the remuneration of Mr. RoUason, to whom it had been a labour 

 of love, the portrait was now in a splendid condition. 



The resolution was then carried. 



Sir Robert Harvey then asked Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence 

 to occupy the president's chair. 



Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence, cordially received, said he 

 esteemed it a great honour to have been elected president of 



