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78th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & COUNCIL'S REPORT, 



AND 



3rd PRESENTATION OF HENWOOD GOLD MEDAL. 



On Tuesday, the 17th of November, 1896, the Annual 

 General Autumn Meeting, of the Members of the Institution, 

 was held in the Society's Eooms, Museum Buildings, Truro. 



Hopes had been entertained that the President, the Eight 

 Hon. Leonard H. Courtney, M.A., M.P., might have been 

 present, especially as the Henwood Grold Medal was to be 

 presented, but unfortunately he was not able to attend. 



Mr. J. D. Enys, F.G.S., the Ex-President, kindly consented 

 to occupy the chair, and besides the Hon. Sees., Major Parkyn, 

 F.G.S. and Eev. W. lago, B.A., there were present :— The 

 Eight Eev. John Gott, D.D., Lord Bishop of Truro, the 

 Ven. J. E. Cornish, M.A., Archdeacon of Cornwall, the Eevs. 

 Chancellor Worlledge, M.A., Canon Moor, M.A., M.E.A.S., 

 S. Eundle, M.A., A. E. Tomlinson, M.A., andD. G. Whitley; 

 Messrs. H. and J. Barrett, A. Blenkinsop, J. Bryant, 

 J. G. Chilcott, T. Clark, W. J. Clyma, T. W. Cornish, F. Cozens, 

 F. H. Davey, E. Fox, H. James, T. F. Letcher, W. Penrose. 

 T. C. Peter, H. H. Share, E.N , E. F. Whitley, B. Williams ; 

 Mesdames Cornish, Paull, Share, and Whitley ; the Misses 

 Blenkinsop, Chilcott, Enys, James, Moor, Peter, Share, and 

 Tomn (2) ; and the Curator Mr. Gregg. Letters regretting 

 absence were read, from the President, and from the Eevs. 

 Sir V. D. Vyvyan, Bart, and Canon Moore ; Messrs. E. Harvey, 

 E. Dunkin, F.E.S., J. H. Collins, F.G.S., and Howard Fox, 

 F.G.S. 



The Minutes of former proceedings having been read by 

 Major Parkyn, and confirmed, the Curator read the following : — 



