FROM THE COMMITTEE ROOM. 



Fellow Members : — 



The Committee would like to draw the special attention of all members to the- 

 meetings remaining to be held this year. It is most desirable that there should be a 

 good attendance at these meetings as all are of such interest as to justify the Com- 

 mittee in once more asking members to keep them in mind. 



This year's meetings are as follows : — 

 Wednesday, Nov. 28th, " Cromwell — The Greatest Englishman of His Time," Mr. 



Fred. H. Hill. 

 Saturday, Dec ist, " The Water Supply of the Burnley Basin " (being an application 



of Geology and Meteorology to Economics), Mr. A Wilmore, F.G.S. 

 Wednesday, Dec. 5th, "Old English Ballads" (with Illustrations), Mr. Robert 



Watson (Organist of Trinity Church). 

 Wednesday, Dec. 12th, " The Most Important Fact in Nature," Mr. J. W. Bamber 



(Accrington Naturalists' Society). 

 Wednesday, Dec. 19th, Concert. 



The meetings already held this season have been of a most satisfactory nature. 

 Certainly the attendance at some of them might have been better, but apart from this- 

 the papers already read have been notable either for the excellent manner in which 

 they have been given and illustrated, or for the really good discussions to which they 

 have given rise. The Committee also take this opportunity of saying that ladies are 

 always welcome at the meetings and that members can bring friends either to the- 

 meetings or to the rooms whenever open. 



THE PROPOSED BAZAAR. 



For some time back it has been felt that something definite should be done ia 

 order to raise funds for (i) Paying off all accounts against the Society, (2) For 

 making certain alterations for the comfort of members and for the better arrangement, 

 classification and display of those Antiquities, Natural Historj' specimens and other 

 objects of interest which the Society possesses, (3) For the provision of a fund which 

 would enable the members to take steps whenever they thought desirable, to obtain 

 permanent premises for the Society. With this objectin viejv, the President pro\nded a 

 tea on Oct. 20th., at which 62 members and friends were present. The proceeds of 

 this have been handed over as the beginning of the Bazaar fund, and on the same 

 date a number of ladies undertook to begin a working party for the purpose of provid- 

 ing made-up articles for sale at the bazaar. For those ladies who are at liberty, a 

 meeting will be held each Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in Scar House, and for 

 those who can only attend in the evenings there will be a working party at 7-30 or 

 earlier on each Thursday night. The Committee trust that a large number of ladies 

 will give in their names in addition to those who have already done so, as workers 

 for an object which will not only put the Society on a sound footing, but which will 

 enable it to do more useful work than it has hitherto been able to do, and to become 

 a permanent factor in the intellectual life of the town. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The following gentlemen have been elected members of the Societ)- : — 

 Mr. Albert Hanley, Habergham. Mr. Whitehead, Padiham Road, Burnley. 



Mr. Williams, 114, Abel Street, Burnley. Mr. L. Halstead, Worsthorne. 

 Mr. ]. \V. Houlden, Cemetery House. Mr. E. Williams, Burnley. 



SPECIAL MEETING. 



The Commiltee beg to give notice that the meeting fixed for Dec. I2th shall 

 be declared Special, in order that the names of the following gentlemen may be 

 submitted for election as Honorary Members of the Society. 

 John Garstang, B.A. (Egyptian Research Account). 

 Stephen Clarke (Clilheroe) Author of " Clitheroe in its Coaching Days," and 



" Clilheroe in it Railway Days." 



