144 ANNUAL MEETING. 



Mrs. Oliver, sister of our President, the Right Hon. Leonard 

 H. Courtney, has presented an ancient form of lamp called a 

 Crusie from I^ewlyn near Penzance, also a Chill, another form 

 of lamp, from St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly ; and has forwarded 

 with them from Miss Courtney a glass lamp which belonged to 

 one of her ancestors four generations back, also from the Isles 

 of Scilly. 



In the Technical Classes good work has been done, under 

 the auspices of the Institution ; the examination results can be 

 best judged by a comparison with those all over the Country, 

 the standard has been raised considerably, and the comparison 

 is not unfavorable to Cornwall. An additional class has also 

 been established, through the kindness of the Mining Committee 

 of the County Council. It is being taught Eock-section cutting, 

 by Mr. T. Clark, whose skill and experience, in such work, are 

 well known. 



The regular Meteorological observations have been taken by 

 the Curator, as usual, and copies furnished to the Registrar 

 General, the Sanitary Committee of the County Council, and the 

 local papers. It is gratifying to find that the results of these 

 labours are much appreciated, and are embodied in their reports. 



The Library, by the great accession of books in the 

 ordinary way, by gifts from old and valued members, especially 

 Canon Moor of St. Clement's, and Mr. J. D. Enys, and by 

 exchanges with various learned societies, has now become a 

 most important feature of the Institution, and has during the 

 past year received the serious attention of the Council. For 

 many months past the work of re-arrangement, and the making 

 of a new catalogue (which had become absolutely necessary 

 from the great increase), have been in progress, and it is hoped 

 that these labours will be completed before the close of the 

 year. They will be productive of very great convenience, as 

 members will be enabled more easily to obtain the books they 

 require, without trouble or loss of time. 



Those members who are in the habit of using the library 

 know well the valuable collection of the publications of learned 

 societies both at home and abroad, for the obtaining of which, 

 exchanges are effected. The library is almost daily receiving 



