ANNUAL MEETING. 



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Mr. Robert Fox proj)Osed a vote of thanks to Mr. Williams 

 for his services as president during tlie past two years, and Mr. 

 T. C. Peter, in seconding, remarked that though Mr. Williams 

 would not loom largely in the pages of the Institution's record, 

 yet no one could estimate the extraordinary influence he had 

 exerted on the working of the Society. 



Mr. Williams acknowledged the vote, and a similar compli- 

 ment was accorded the Chairman and the Hon. Sec, on the 

 proposition of Canon Moor and Archdeacon Cornish. 



GIFTS TO THE MUSEUM. 



Preserved Specimens of following birds : — King- 

 fisher, Cuckoo (2), Water Ouzel, Bramble 

 Finch (2), Sparrow Hawk, Wheatear, Long 

 eared Owl, Red Grouse, Golden-crested 

 Wren, Woodpecker, Swift, Reed Bunting, 

 and Head and Feet of Albatross. Also eggs 

 of the following birds : — Manx Shearwater, 

 Sandwich Tern, Night Heron, Nightjar, 

 Hawfinch, Crow, Cirl Bunting, Black-headed 

 Bunting, Crested Tit and Great Grey Shrike. 

 Pod of the Cocoa tree, cut open to show 

 growth of bean, from Trinidad. Autograph 

 letters of Commandant Joubert, Dr. Leyds, 

 and T. W. Reitz, Officers of the late Transvaal 

 Government. 



Specimen of Gneiss from Higher Treluswell 



A number of named specimens of rare Insects, 

 Mollusca and Crustacea to go to the formation 

 of a complete type series of the Fauna of 

 Cornwall. 



Specimens illustrating the preparation of China 

 Clay 



Pewter Flagon, formerly used at Grade Church, 

 apparently 17th century 



Piece of Pottery found at Polberro Mine ... 



Silver Medal gained at Truro Grammar School, 

 by G. G. Badcock, in 1790 



Collection of Mollusca from the Oolite, Lias, Gault, 

 Barton Clay and various other deposits, also 

 Sponges, Echinoderms, Corals and Palatal 

 teeth, chiefly from the Jurassic System, and a 

 number of the rarer recent British Mollusca 

 collected by the late Rev. G. Perrin 



Collection of Corals 



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Mr. J. D. Enys, 

 F.G.S. 



Mr. T. Clark. 

 Prof. Clark. 



Mr. Geo. Penrose. 



Mr. T. C. Peter. 



Mr. Pope. 



Mr. S. H. Budd, 



(through Mr. W. 



Kerby). 



Mrs. Perrin, 

 Mawgan. 



Mr. J. Morgan. 



