316 SPRING MEETING. 



Jolm Opie, and the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe has sent the 

 fragments of a second cinerary urn found at Treworrick, St. Ewe. 



Eor many years past there has been a general desire that 

 whenever an extension of premises was possible, provision should 

 be made for the incorporation of an art gallery with the museum. 

 Scattered throughout the building may be found many valuable 

 objects of arts, which when collected together would form a 

 suitable nucleus, and as soon as sj)ace is available special atten- 

 tion will be paid to the working up of this important branch. 



The direct object of the Institution should be to build up a 

 county museum and art gallery worthy of Cornwall, and an 

 effort should be made to secure works of art by such men as the 

 president has referred to in his address. The museum should be 

 placed on such a footing as to insure an annual income which 

 would permit of its being open to all free at all times. I venture 

 to think that the teachers of our elementary schools would find 

 it well worth their while to pay occasional visits to our museum, 

 and that the school authorities might advantageously arrange for 

 visits by the children, who shall receive simple explanations of 

 the interesting articles collected there. 



Mr. Thurstan C. Peter then read the President's address, 

 " Cornish Scenery and the Artists who have painted it." 



Mr. H. Gr. Henderson, Principal of the School of Mining, 

 Truro, introduced his invention for map modelling or the con- 

 struction of maps in relief and exhibited a series of very 

 interesting relief maps constructed on this new system. 



Eev. D. Gr. Wliitley spoke of his visits to Luxulyan Valley, 

 which he considered about the most interesting district in the 

 whole of Cornwall. It was much to be desired that someone 

 would make an effort to collect the old traditions and the 

 information which could be given of the various points of 

 interest, together with the old stories of the aged tinners con- 

 nected with the place. It would repay anyone for the trouble 

 and time. 



Mr. G. Penrose read "Notes on Cornish Birds, 1904-5," 

 prepared and forwarded by Dr. J. Clark, from St. Groar. 



