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FOURTH JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CORNISH 

 SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES, 1896. 



The Eoyal Geological Society of Cornwall, The Eoyal 

 Institution of Cornwall, The Eoyal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, 

 and also The Mining Association and Institute of Cornwall, held 

 their associated Annual Meeting at Falmouth, on Wednesday, 

 the 26th of August, 1896, (in connexion with the 64th Annual 

 Exhibition of the Polytechnic) in one of the rooms attached to 

 the Polytechnic Hall. The room was crowded by an attentive 

 audience, Mr. J. D. Enys, F.G.S., being in the chair (in the 

 absence of the President, Mr. Bolitho, M.P.), and the following 

 papers were read : — 



1. — "On Certain Eocks in the Falmouth District," by Mr. 



F. J. Stephens (for the E.G.S.C.) 

 2. — *' The old Eeligious Houses of Bodmin, and how the 

 people walked in Procession from one to another, 

 when a Cleric had fought a Shoemaker," by Eev. 

 W. lago, B.A. (for the E.I.C.) 

 3. — "The Diminished Duty of Cornish Engines and possible 

 remedies," by Mr. W. Sisson, M.I.M.E. (for the 

 E.C.P.S.) 

 4.— "Notes on Cornish Mining in 1896," by Capt. E. A. 



Thomas (for the M.A. & I.C.) 

 Discussions took place on some of the subjects, and with 

 regard to the Geological maps it was agreed, on the motion of 

 Mr. Twite, seconded by Mr. Howard Fox, that the Government 

 be urged to undertake and publish a re- Survey of Cornwall. 



By the kind and hospitable invitation of Mr, Howard Fox, 

 F.G.S., the beautiful gardens of his residence, Eosehill, were 

 inspected, many tropical growths and Botanical varieties being 

 examined with great interest. 



At 6 p m. the members of the Visiting Societies were 

 handsomely entertained at dinner by their hosts, the E.C. 

 Polytechnic Society, and later in the evening there was a 

 Conversazione in the Polytechnic Hall. 



