292 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



The income for the present year amounted to £203 13s. lid. 

 The balance in hand at the close of last year (31st July), was 

 £186 3s. 9d. The expenditure £355 18s. 6d., leaving a credit 

 balance of £23 19s. 2d. 



The number of members remains nearly the same as last 

 year — four members have retired, and three new subscribers 

 have joined. 



The long desired and much needed work of renovating and 

 embellishing the interior of the Museum has been accomplished 

 by the outlay of about £100. The time thus necessarily occupied 

 extended over several weeks, and arrangements were so made 

 as to interfere as little as possible with the admission of visitors. 

 The work has been done to the entire satisfaction of the Council, 

 and the brightness and freshness of the rooms, together with the 

 improved appearance of the interior generally, have added much 

 to the pleasure of an inspection of the many objects of interest 

 contained in them. No doubt the number of visitors was 

 slightly diminished for the two or three months during which 

 the work was in hand, but it is with satisfac*;ion that the 

 Council find there is no diminution in the interest of the public 

 in the collection. 



The admissions during the past year will bear favourable 

 comparison with those of preceding years, and were as follows : — 



Admitted free 2264 



By ticket 52 



By payment (6d. each) . . . . 409 



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 The Library has continued to receive attention, and the 

 long arrears of work connected with it may now be said to have 

 been overtaken. The current numbers of the Journals and 

 Transactions of the various societies which exchange publications 

 with our own society, have been bound as quickly as possible to 

 prevent numbers being missed. The excellent catalogue of the 

 books is a great boon to readers and much facilitates their 

 researches. Valuable additions to the library by gifts and 

 purchase have been made during the year. In particular the 

 very handsome present of Tonkin's, Whitaker's, and other MSS. 

 relating to the Antiquities and Natural History of Cornwall, 



