334 AlSTNTTAL MEETING. 



The rev. W. lago presented the 87th annual report of the 

 Council : — 



87TH ANNUAL REPORT. 



In presenting their 87th annual report it affords the Council 

 very great pleasure to he able to state that the position of the 

 Institution is stronger to-day than at any period of its history. 

 During the past two or three years the museum has received 

 such numerous and valuable additions that it has now become 

 more than ever one of the important features of the county. 

 The funds of the Institution are very satisfactory and will soon 

 be greatly increased by a legacy from one of our late members. 

 Its outlook in the future is a bright one. The roll of members 

 has been well maintained and the Institution is fortunate in 

 having man}' gentlemen associated with it whose interest in its 

 welfare is very great. 



. The Council much regret that during the past year the 

 following members have been lost by death : — 



The late Mr. Jonathan Eashleigh, of Menabilly, was a 

 Cornish magistrate whose influential position in the county was 

 widely recognized. He was one of our past-presidents and had 

 taken much interest in the welfare of our society during many 

 years. Towards the close of his life he was loth to see the 

 great Eashleigh collection of minerals, that he had inherited, 

 pass out of the county ; and he was therefore willing to allow of 

 its being acquired for our museum on special terms, when more 

 might have been realized by a different disposal. As already 

 recorded the matter was, owing to the kindness of our friends, 

 successfully carried through. 



The demise of Col. Arthur Tremayne. of Carclew, who was 

 for many years one of our trustees and subscribers, is much 

 deplored by the Cou^ncil. His high ajDpointments in the county, 

 distinguished military career, and private influence for good, are 

 too well known in Cornwall to need recounting at length in this 

 report. His heroism in the Balaclava charge and on other 

 occasions, his efforts for the welfare of Truro diocese and of the 

 county at large, are familiar to us all. 



The death of the Rev. Canon Saltren Rogers has likewise 

 been felt as involving the loss of a kind friend, who, as one of 

 our members for many years, contributed to our proceedings. 



