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properly carry on its useful work and the Council hope that it 

 will be soon possible to make a start in this direction. With 

 this object in view it was found that if the Council wished 

 ultimately to possess suitable property adjoining the Institution 

 it was necessaiy, in order to avoid trouble and additional cost in 

 the future, to secure it almost immediately and the Council have 

 therefore purchased such pioperty and they propose, until funds 

 permit of a suitable building being erected, to retain the present 

 shops as an investment of part of the Keam trust moneys. The 

 site will afford excellent lighting and plenty of accommodation 

 which is essential to a museum and art gallery and it will admit 

 of the principal entrance being from the High Cross, which will 

 bring the building well under the observation of the public. 

 Its present approach is much too secluded 



The Journal (No. 51) published in August contained several 

 valuable papers. To Sir Edwin Durniug-Lawrence the Institu- 

 tion is indebted for bearing the cost of reprinting, as an appendix 

 to his address, " Steam in relation to Cornwall," Thomas Savery's 

 book "The Miner's Friend." This book, published in 1702, is 

 now exceedingly rare and whenever an occasional copy is met 

 with it always commands a high price. Mr. J. D. Enys kindly 

 j)rovided the necessary number of copies of the plate " Fumaria 

 occidentalis, Pugsley " to illustrate Mr. F. H. Davey's Botanical 

 Ilej)ort for 1 904, and Mr, Thurstan Peter also provided some of 

 the process blocks necessary to illustrate his paper on the 

 "Church of St. Ives." 



The excursion this year was very successful and a large 

 number of members and friends took part. The district selected 

 was the neighbourhood of Zennor and Penzance and a long day 

 was spent m examining as many of the anticpiities as time would 

 permit. On reaching Penzance in the evening the j)arty 

 proceeded to one of the hotels where they were entertained by 

 the president at dinner. A detailed report of the excursion will 

 be given in the Journal. 



This being the year for the presentation of the Henwood 

 Gold Medal the Council met a short time ago in accordance with 

 the will of the donor and after carefully considering the papers 

 published in the Journal during the past three years Avere 



