your Council, quite equal to their predecessors in interest; and 

 the convenience of such an organ for giving to the puhHc many 

 valuable articles which would not have been communicated to our 

 meetings, has been abundantly shown. Antiquities have hitherto 

 occupied considerably more space in the Journal than the other 

 departments of inquiry proper to this Society, and this may be 

 expected to be generally the case ; but Natural History has been 

 faMy represented, and we gladly welcome some new cultivators of 

 that field. In Natural Philosophy, Meteorology has almost stood 

 alone. — It is not necessary to pass the several Papers in review 

 here ; but you will agree that our best thanks are due to all who 

 have lent a helping hand. 



The Museum has been visited, as usual, by a large number of 

 persons, to whom its interesting and instructive contents have 

 been opened without charge ; affording them, for the most part, 

 probably the only opportunity within their reach, of ever seeing 

 a large portion of the productions of the animal and mineral 

 kingdoms, as well as many illustrations of various conditions of 

 human life in by-gone days. The number of free visitors was 7596. 



The Meteorological Observations have been made and recorded 

 by Mr. Newcombe, with his habitual assiduity; and they have 

 been regularly forwarded to Mr. Glaisher, of the Eoyal Observ- 

 atory, who has turned them to account for the public benefit, as 

 heretofore. 



Your Council would mention, with a hope that the attempt 

 may be followed up, that monthly meetings were held in our 

 Eooms, during the Summer, for mutual recreation and improve- 

 ment in the use of the microscope. Wo are chiefly indebted to 

 Mr. Hudson for conducting these pleasant musters. The study 

 of Natural History cannot but be promoted by famiKarity with 

 this instrument. 



The Library and Herbarium of the Horticultural Society of 

 Cornwall having been placed in the keeping of this Institution, an 

 arrangement has been made for union with the Royal Horticultu- 

 ral Society, under which our members will enjoy many of the 

 advantages derived from private subscrij)tion to that body, — such 

 as access to their publications, and a supply of seeds and plants. 



Several of your Officers and Members represented this Insti- 

 tution at a pleasant Antiquarian Excursion conducted by the 

 kindred Penzance Society. The time would seem to be at hand 

 for some similar muster to be planned under our own arrangement 

 and responsibility. 



We have to regret the decease of six of our members during 

 the past year. Mr. Thomas Daniell and Mr. Gordon W. F. Gregor 

 had been Proprietors of very long standing; Mr. E. M. Hodge 



