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thanks of the Institution are especially due to Mr. Whitefield, of 
S. Columb, for his hospitality at Castle-an-Dinas Mine, to -Mr. 
W. E. Michell, of Newquay, and the Ladies who so ably assisted 
him there; to the Rev. C. Hosken and Mrs. Hosken, and to Mr. 
W. R. Roebuck, for their kindness at Cubert and at the New Iron 
Mines respectively, to Mr. R. Clogg and Capt. Juleff, the repre- 
sentatives of the West Chiverton Adventurers, for their most 
comfortable arrangements at the mine; and to Sir Thomas Acland, 
Bart., M.P., for the great kindness with which he undertook to 
make arrangements for the Institution to visit Trerice during 
their Excursion, should they be able to do so. 
The Conversazione which was held after the Annual Meeting 
of last year was very well attended, and afforded an excellent op- 
portunity for the fuller description of some of the objects of interest 
connected with the Excursion of 1871. 
The Meteorological Observations, which were commenced in 
1838 and have been continued uninterruptedly since that date, 
have been made as usual, and have been communicated to Green- 
wich and elsewhere by the Curator of the Museum. 
The numbers of visitors who have been admitted to the 
Museum during the year are :—admitted free, 6,044; by ticket, 
148 ; by payment, 99. Total, 6,291. 
Twelve new subscribing members have been elected, including 
the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Sir John Salusbury Trelawny, 
Bart., M.P., Colonel Hoge, M.P., and Mr. G. F. Basset, of Tehidy. 
The Council have, however, to record with deep regret the deaths 
of three members, who had for many years taken. great interest 
in the work of the Institution—Mr. Augustus Smith, at one time 
President of the Institution, Mr. Humphry Willyams, of Car- 
nanton, and Mr. Enys, of Enys, one of the Trustees. 
In conclusion, the Council wish to express a strong hope .that 
some means may soon be found of utilizing the admirable lecture- 
room and laboratory of the Institution, which have been for some 
time quite unused. Looking back upon the great advantage 
which some of the more intelligent young men of the town and 
neighbourhood derived from science classes held in it in former 
years, the Council are most anxious that the question of resuming 
them should be discussed. The great difficulty lies in the provision 
of qualified Teachers, but though no practical step has been yet 
taken in the matter, your Council would be glad to think that 
there was a prospect of some united action being agreed on by 
the three great County Societies and the Miners’ Association. The 
aid given to such Teachers by the Government might be looked 
to as removing all serious financial difficulty in the way of pro- 
viding sufficient remuneration for well qualified lecturers, who 
