300 JOURNAL OP THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
On the order of the Council, the Museum has been opened to 
the public free on Saturday afternoons, a benefit which has been 
widely taken advantage of. 
Since the above regulation came into force upwards of 2,800 
persons have visited the Museum free, exclusive of those admitted 
by payment, &c, on other days. 
By arrangement several of the Curators have attended on various 
Saturday afternoons, and given descriptive and explanatory addresses 
on their respective departments to appreciative audiences. 
During the past year many valuable presents have been made to 
the Museum, which will be treated of in detail by the Curators. 
The Secretaries venture to draw attention to the most interesting 
and valuable loan collection of flint implements exhibited by the 
Curator of Anthropology, Mr. Francis Brent, and to express a hope 
that similarly complete and valuable loan collections will be dis- 
played from time to time in the Museum. 
At the Anniversary Meeting, held on the 1st of May, Mr. R. N. 
Worth made observations on the Corporation Records, and read 
several extracts from them. Mr. Francis Brent, in a short paper, 
described his typical collection of flint implements. 
The Members, Associates, and their friends, made their annual 
excursion on the 19th July, 1883, when a large party was conveyed 
by train to Totnes. Under the able guidance of Mr. Edward 
Windeatt the numerous interesting objects of antiquity in Totnes 
were examined, and in particular, through the courtesy of the 
Mayor and Corporation, the very valuable collection of Corporation 
documents were exhibited and described. The party afterwards pro- 
ceeded in carriages to the Castle and Church of Berry Pomeroy and 
to Compton Castle, and on their return to Totnes assembled at tea in 
the Seven Stars Hotel, after which remarks were made on the points 
of most interest, and all returned to Plymouth by a late train. 
On the evening of 13th September, 1883, the President and 
Council of the Institution received the President and Members of 
the Royal Institution of Cornwall at a conversazione. The Presi- 
dent welcomed the visitors, and expressions of goodwill and fellow- 
ship between the two Institutions were exchanged. The Earl of 
Mount Edgcumbe, as President of the Royal Institution, entertained 
its members at Cotehele, and invited the members of Council of 
our Society to meet them. An interesting day was spent in minutely 
examining the archaeological features of this ancient seat. 
