SPRING MEETING. 5 



''The St. Noot Stono," by N. Hare, Junr. 



"A remarkable Suusot," by N. Whitley. 



"Inventories of the Cornish Friaries, at the time of tlieir 

 dissoUition," by H. Michell Whitley, F.G.S. 



On the motion of Mr. Cragoe, seconded by Mr. Spry, a 

 vote of thanks was passed to the gentlemen who had given 

 papers, and to those who had given donations to library and 

 museum. 



On the motion of Mr. Counsell, seconded by Capt. Bryant, 

 the Chairman was thanked for presiding. 



The Noble Earl in acknowledging the vote said there were 

 two points he had intended to deal with in his address. He 

 had intended to speak of the intermediate traders with regard 

 to fish dealing. They knew there was a great deal of hanging 

 together among these " middle-men." When one came to know 

 that very large quantities of fish were destroyed solely for the 

 object of keeping up the price, they saw to what extent these 

 men pulled together. If they saw an agriculturalist destroy 

 corn or any other kind of food, simply in order to keep the price 

 up, they know what would bo said of him ; and the Chairman 

 believed that the public opinion on the question of the fish 

 trade would sooner or later put down the practice he had alluded 

 to. The other point he wished to refer to was the question 

 whether it might not be desirable to endeavour to inaugurate 

 somehow or other a fisheries exhibition of a local character. 

 The things which had been collected for the International 

 Exhibition would not do for local exhibition, and he thought 

 such an exhibition would be a very interesting one, especially 

 if it were founded upon the model of the American section of 

 the International Exhibition, where could be seen traced in the 

 most beautifully systematic order all the history of the fish 

 from the very commencement of its life to the cooking of it. 

 (Applause). 



