REPORT 
Presented at the Annual Meeting of Members, April 9th, 1907. 
The Committee have pleasure in presenting to the Members 
the Thirty-Third Annual Report of the Club. 
During the Club year now ended, 21 meetings have been 
held and 19 Papers have been read or Lectures given on 
subjects ranging widely over the field of human interests. 
The Papers have been full of variety, stimulating, and thought 
suggesting, and the Committee think they are justified in 
claiming that the standard of the contributions has been 
fully equal to the high level maintained in past years. 
Seven of the Papers have been given by Members, and 12 
by friends. The subjects with which the papers have dealt 
are 
Literary — 11 papers. Science — 2 papers. 
Art — 1 paper. Travel— 5 papers. 
Seven Lectures have been illustrated by the lantern. Two 
of the meetings have been occupied by Recitals. 
The Committee have been fortunate in securing during the 
second session of the year, the attendance of Professor Sadler, 
of Manchester, and in obtaining contributions from the 
Rev. A. L. Cortie and Mr. H. Woolley, both old friends of the 
Club. The Committee regret that Mr. J. H. Hudson (now of 
Wolverhampton) was unable to attend and give his paper 
on “ Rousseau,” which appeared in the Syllabus for the 
second session of the year, and that Mr. John Harwood, who 
was to have come in December last, was also prevented from 
delighting the members with a recital of the “ Christmas 
Carol.” Satisfactory substitutes were found in both cases. 
During the year Mr. J‘. H. Hudson has been elected an 
Honorary Member of the Club, and there have also been elected 
21 Ordinary Members and 21 Lady Associates. The Ordinary 
Members now number 192, and these, with the 19 Honorary 
Members and the 21 Lady Associates, make a total member- 
ship of 211 as compared with 223 last year. 
The Members have to deplore the loss, during the past year, 
of three gentlemen who had rendered useful services to the 
Club, the Rev. T. Leyland, Mr. Angelo Waddington and 
Alderman Greenwood. The Papers on the Duddon and 
Wycollar Dene given by Mr. Leyland and illustrated by his 
own photographs, were a source of much interest to all ; other 
Papers read by him proved how well acquainted he was with 
