Re'port continued. 



intended to publish, at a later date, a complete list 

 ot gifts and their donors. 



In 1893 th<) committee noticed 116 contributions to 

 tne press, in 1894, 150. In the past year the number 

 has been increased to over 200— these ooDsisting of 

 poems, stories, articles on conchology, entomology, 

 peology, and other branches of scienre, together with 

 accounts of rambles and articles on local history and 

 antiquities. Th=> committee note with pleasure that 

 one of the members, Mr. J. Holmes, has issued a 

 second work on "Wea\ing," and that another member 

 Mr. W. Sbanworth, has invented a useful appliance 

 for beaming frames, and that io has been boueiht by 

 Messrs. Howard and Bullough, of AccringtoD. This 

 short review would be incomplete without a reference 

 to the volume by Henry Houlding, " Pendle Legends 

 and other Poems." This has now been in the hands 

 of reviewers and readers for some time,and if any 

 justification were needed for the Society's action in 

 pushing on the publication of these poems, it may be 

 found in the universally favourable reception they 

 have met with from reviewer and reader alike— not 

 only in Burnley and from Burnley men, but from 

 stranpers, and in distant places. The whole of the work 

 in connection with the publication is no3 yet finished 

 but the committee hope to have ih completed in the 

 course of a week or two. 



There are two aspects of this year's report to which 

 the attention of members is invited. The first is the 

 increase in the membership, and the second is the 

 fact that the Society is now possessed of certain 

 properties, and that these are certain to increase both 

 in extent and 'value in the near future. These two 

 facts force upon the Society's consideration a very 

 important question — and that is the need that has 

 arisen for the possession of a room or rooms that shall 

 be large enough to allow of the display of its possess- 

 ions to the best possible advantage and rooms that shall 

 be worthy the position the Society has now attained. 



The balance sheet was read by the financial sec- 

 retary, Mr. R. Ridclifife, and showed receipts for 

 the year to be £54. Mr. Henry Natter was re- 

 elected president and the follon io^ vice-presidents : 

 Messrs. Tattersall Wilkinson, J. W. Koeeabaw, T. 

 Bootb, S. Holdeo, Rev. J. S. Djxey, J, Mackeozie. 

 M. D.,P. J. Roberts, F.G.S., A. Wilmoie, F.G.S.. 

 J. Bradsbaw, Li. Heap and F, C. Long. Mr. W 

 Smithson was re-elected treasurer, Mr. R. RadcIi£Fe, 

 financial secretary, Mr. S. Holden, auditor ; John 

 Allen, general secretary, and the following are the 

 committee ; Messrs. J. W. Eastwood. J. Gordon, 

 S. Auaterberry, A Wright, John Dean, J. Crooke, 

 J. U. Smith and W. Middietoo. 



