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iSogal $n!3tttution of Cornwall. 



ANNUAL GENEEAL MEETING, 1895. 



The Annual Meeting of the Eoyal Institution of Cornwall 

 "was held on Tuesday, November 12th, at the rooms of the 

 Institution. The President, Mr. J. D. Enys, F.G.S., in the 

 chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting having been read and 

 confirmed. Major Parkyn, F.G.S., Hon. Sec, read the following 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



In submitting the 77th Annual Report to the Members of 

 the Royal Institution of Cornwall, the Council are gratified in 

 being able to speak of the continued good work carried on by 

 the Society, and the prospects indicative of more extensive 

 operations and increased usefulness. By the accession of new 

 members the losses occasioned by death and removal are more 

 than made up. Nothing is perhaps more likely to conduce to 

 the permanence of a Society such as ours, than the possession 

 of valuable property, and we have in our museum and library 

 a combination probably unsurpassed in any of the provincial 

 towns. 



Several valued members have been lost by death during 

 the past year. Lord Swansea, better known to Cornish people 

 as Sir Hussey Yivian, who formerly represented Truro in 

 Parliament, died towards the close of last year. He was a very 

 old member of the society, and was always ready to render it 

 any service in his power. It may be interesting to state that 

 the building in which we are now assembled is built on the site 

 of a former residence of the Vivian family. 



By the death of Mr. Wm. Bolitho, Junr., the society has 

 lost a warm and generous hearted friend, whose presence was 

 looked forward to at these annual gatherings with much 

 pleasure, and he always made an effort to be present. He did 

 much towards bringing about an annual combined meeting of 

 the four learned societies of the county, and he took an especial 

 interest in these meetings. 



