28 ANNUAL MEETING. 



Mr. Thurstan C. Peter, by permission of Mr. Arthur Basset, 

 the lord of the soil, has presented to the museum the first 

 instalment of his "finds," from Castle Carn Brea inlllogan parish. 

 It includes a considerable number of neolithic flints and stone 

 implements, the scrapers and arrow-heads being of exceptionally 

 delicate workmanship. Among the larger implements were 

 some celts, one very neat specimen, much corroded by weather, 

 being of gabbro. A bronze fibula, and a Eoman Denarius 

 of A.D. 70, were the only relics of later times, with the probable 

 exception of a granite quern. The largest " find " presented 

 to the museum was a complete cooking-hole from one of the 

 Carn Brea inter-boulder dwellings. 



Efforts are continually being made to complete the sets of 

 volumes of the Transactions of the Societies with which we are 

 in exchange, and during the past year success has attended 

 these efforts. Since the last annual meeting valuable additions 

 have been made to the library by the purchase of the latest 

 editions of a large number of standard scientific works, thereby 

 giving the members an opportunity of consulting the writings 

 of the most eminent men of science of the present day. Our 

 Society continues to be greatly indebted to our president, Mr. 

 John D. Enys, for his continued gifts of valuable books. 

 Professor Eichard Pearce, (so well known as a former teacher in 

 our mining school, and by his valuable gifts to the society since,) 

 keeps his name green in our memories by transmitting to us, 

 from time to time, papers of great interest which he has 

 contributed to scientific societies in America. The government 

 of the United States of America is continually enriching our 

 library by the gifts of most costly and valuable publications ; 

 the American section of our library is therefore most complete. 

 The library has been freely used by members and visitors, and 

 advantage has been taken of its well-stored shelves by friends 

 outside the county. 



The growth of the library has continued in a remarkable 

 degree which has necessitated the provision of extensive new 

 shelf accommodation. The additions, indeed, have been of such 

 nature as to render the old catalogue useless. The Council 

 has, therefore, entered into arrangements for a new catalogue 



