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in his writings treated of the following subjects — "Lucretius 

 (books 1 aud 2), Banking, Property and Labour, Church Rates, 

 Sunday National League, and Evidence relating to the Animals 

 Act." When we visited, as Members of the Eoyal Institution 

 of Cornwall, his residence, Trelawne, during his absence in 

 1881, we were by his orders hospitably received, and both 

 then, and in 1882, at Pelynt, we were shewn many objects of 

 interest relating to the well-known members of his family. 



In Miss Nankivell, the Society had the representative of a 

 family associated with the Institution for a period bordering on 

 half a century, who shewed by her presence at our meetings 

 the warm interest she felt in all that pertained to our welfare. 



In Mr. W. Tweedy, the Council feel they have lost a tried 

 friend, one who for many years held the office of Treasurer, and 

 who by his attention and courtesy in discharging the duties of 

 his position, gained the esteem and regard of the Members of 

 our Society. Mr. Tweedy was a member of a family well and 

 honorably known throughout Cornwall, and to which the 

 Institution is greatly indebted. Mr. W. Tweedy' s uncle, the 

 late Mr. W. Mansel Tweedy, for a long period was one of the 

 leading Members of this Society — his connection with it dating 

 from 1818, the time of its foundation — who acted for many years 

 as Secretary, and afterwards ably filled the office of President. 



The attention of the Council has recently been directed to the 

 bequest of the late Mr. W. J. Henwood, F.P.S., — formerly a 

 distinguished President of the Society — of a sum of money for 

 the purchase of a gold medal, to be issued triennially for certain 

 specified branches of Natural Science. With the valuable aid 

 offered by the Rev. W. lago, our President nominate, in drawi ^g 

 designs for the dies, the Council are now in a position to give 

 the orders for them, as all the conditions relating to the legacy 

 have been fulfilled, and consequently the award of the first 

 medal will take place in three years time. In the course of a 

 few months tho legacy of i'lOOO bequeathed to this Institution 

 by the late Mr. Prancis Rogers, of the Crescent, Plj'mouth, 

 will be paid, and it will then be the duty of the Council to 

 consider in what manner this Institution can be best benefitted 

 by this munificent gift. 



