396 ANNUAL AUTUMN MEETING. 



The Council would like here to mention that their thanks 

 are due to many of the learned societies of America for 

 the valuable journals sent through the Smithsonian Institution, 

 which yearly add to the value of the library. 



The library is further enriched by exchanges of transactions 

 and proceedings of kindred societies in this country, the 

 continent of Europe, and of our colonies. 



The meteorological observations have been taken throughout 

 the year as usual, and reports furnished to the Registrar- 

 General and the Sanitary Committee of the Cornwall County 

 Council. It may be interesting to note that these observations 

 appear in the Quarterly Return of the Registrar-General, this 

 Institution being one of only 28 stations in England, Wales, and 

 the Channel Islands. Great interest is evinced in the monthly 

 reports which appear in the press, and during the year the 

 rainfall at Killiow, Truro Water Works, Lamellyn, and St. 

 Michael Penkevil has been incorporated with them. 



The Council is pleased to report the continued success of 

 the technical classes last session. They were attended by 62 

 individual students, of whom 32 presented themselves for 

 examination, and 29 passes were obtained. The classes at 

 present being held are again well attended, and, so far, give 

 promise of even better results next session. 



Parts 2 and 3 of the 1 3th volume of the Journal have been 

 issued during the year, and the Council feel sure that their 

 contents will show that the high character of this publication is 

 being well maintained. The papers by Mr. Rupert Vallentin, 

 Mr. J. T, Cunningham, and Mr. F. H. Davey are valuable 

 contributions to the natural history of the county, while those 

 of the Rev. W. lago, Mr. H. Michell Whitley, Mr. P. Jennings, 

 and the Rev. 8. Rundle, are no less interesting, and they place 

 on record subjects, the remembrance of which should not be 

 forgotten. Mr. Richard Pearce, F.G.S., of Denver, Colorado, 

 and Mr. J. H. Collins, P.G.S., contribute papers of great value 

 to the mining and scientific portion of the community. In part 

 3 will be found the able address of the ex-president, The Right 

 Hon. Leonard H. Courtney, M.P., on The Dispersion of 

 Cornishmen, which proves by statistics, that though the 

 population of the county has been diminishing during recent 



