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ixoxjai fnstitution of Cornwall. 



ANNUAL GENEEAL MEETING. 



The Annual meeting was held on November 29th, at the 

 rooms of the Institution, when the chair was taken by the Eev. 

 Canon A. P. Moor, V.P., in the absence of the President, Sir 

 John Maclean. Major Parkyn, Hon. Sec, read the report of 

 the Council as follows : — 



" The Council can look back upon a year of great prosperity. 

 There has been a steady advance in the arrangements of the 

 museum, which has been enriched by many interesting gifts, 

 some from the most distant parts. The library also has had 

 many valuable additions, and on its shelves are important works 

 for the student and scholar. The Council are pleased to find 

 that the number of subscribers shews no signs of falling off, and 

 the numerical losses have been more than compensated by the 

 accession of new members. Still, in order to carry out further 

 desirable changes in the arrangement of the museum, the 

 subscribers are asked to use their influence to induce their 

 friends to join. Happily, our obituary notices are on this 

 occasion few. We have had to record the death of the Lord 

 Bishop of Frederickton, better known to Truro people as 

 Bishop Medley, a former incumbent of St. John's in this city, 

 whose connection with the Institution embraces a period of 50 

 years, during the whole of which he was a diligent reader of the 

 journal of this society. In Mr. T. A. Cragoe, the society has 

 lost one who for many years took a great interest in its work, 

 and in many of our journals will be found contributions of 

 value, especially those illustrating local scenery and horticulture. 



We cannot close these notices without referring to the recent 

 death of Miss Curgenven, of Falmouth, who, though not actually 

 a member, yet as the representative of the late Mr. H. M. 

 Jeffery, F.R.S., was continually shewing her interest in the 



