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 1st, “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 in 
order to raise funds for (r) 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 History 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 object. in view, the President provided 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 arc 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 Society : — 
Mr. Albert Hanley, Habergham. Mr. Whitehead, I’adiham Road, Burnley. 
Mr. Williams, 1 14, Abel Street, Burnley. Mr. L. Halstead, Worslhorne. 
Mr. W. lloulden, Cemetery House. Mr. E. Williams, Burnley. 
SPECIAL MEETING. 
The Committee beg to give notice that the meeting fixed for Dec. 12th 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 (Clitheroe) Author of “ Clithcroe in its Coaching Days,” and 
“ Clitheroe in it Railway Days.” 
