SPRING MEETING. 11 



and it was a source of regret to the Council that his appointment 

 on the teaching staff of the Technical Schools necessitated his 

 removal. 



It was gratifying to find that there was no falling off in the 

 number of members of the Society. During the last year there 

 was an addition of twenty new subscribers, one of them being a life 

 member. The Museum continued to attract a large number of 

 people, over 3,350 having been admitted during the past year. Of 

 these many had come from schools and other institutions for educa- 

 tional purposes, thus indicating the instructional value of the 

 Museum. Much work remains to be done in the classification and 

 labeUing'of a large number of the objects, which is now being taken 

 in hand. Many valuable additions had been made to the Museum, 

 including stone cists, skeletons, flints, spindle whorls, rings, 

 bracelets, beads, and brooches from Harlyn Bay. Mr. John D. 

 Enys, ever mindful of the interests of the Society, had presented 

 many objects of much interest and value, including a number of 

 Cornish birds and birds' eggs. Objects of that kind were very 

 acceptable for replacing specimens requiring renewal. Professor 

 Clark had given a considerable number of specimens illustrative 

 of the Fauna of Cornwall and would during the course of the 

 afternoon speak on them. He had offered to hand over to the 

 Museum from time to time further specimens of a similar nature 

 and to write an annual rejDort on the natural history of the 

 county for publication in the Journal. The interest Professor 

 Clark was showing in the proceedings of the Society would 

 undoubtedly be of great service. The library continued to be 

 still indebted to Mr. J. D. Enys, Canon Moor, and Mr. Pichard 

 Pearce, H.M. Vice Consul at Denver, Colorado, a very old and 

 generous friend to the Society, for valuable gifts. The Institution 

 was favored by way of exchange with the proceedings of many 

 of the learned Societies of Great Britain, the United States and 

 the Continent of Europe. To display the numerous objects 

 which were constantly being presented to the museum, it would 

 be necessary to provide, from time to time, cases for their 

 reception in the roora which was now available. This would 

 necessarily involve considerable expense, and it was hoped that 

 the interest felt in the institution and the attraction which its 

 museum offered would lead to a still further increase in the 



