SECRETARIES' REPORT. 
1884-85. 
The Secretaries present the following Report of the Proceedings of 
the Society during the Session 1884-85. 
The meeting's have been well attended, and on one or two 
occasions have attracted exceptionally large audiences ; the average 
attendance having been eighty-two. 
The Lectures, of which twenty-three were delivered, were as 
follows : 
1884. Series I. 
Oct. 2. Conversazione. 
,, 9. President's Address . . Mr. D. Slater, m.a. 
16. The Older Charities of Plymouth Mr. R. N. Worth, F.g.s. 
,, 23. Modern Witchcraft . . . Mr. John Rice. 
„ 30. The latest Story of the Cunei- 
form Inscriptions . . Rev. G. Evans, m.a. 
Nov. 6. How some Physical Measure- 
ments are made . . Dr. J. Merrifield, f.r.a.s. 
,, 13. Odds and ends of Monetary 
History .... Mr. John G. Norman. 
,, 20. Seals (pinnipeds) and their geo- 
graphical distribution . Mr. F. H. Balkwill. 
,, 27. Local Heraldry (The Shields in 
the Museum) . . . Mr. A. J. Jewers, f.s.a. 
Dec. 4. Our Local Flora, its economic 
aspect .... Mr. D. D. Dobell. . 
,, 11. The Religions of the Incas and 
of the Aztecs . . . Rev. W. E. Darby. 
,, 18. Harbour Accommodation in the 
West .... Mr. J. C. Inglis, ce. 
1885. Series II. 
Jan. 8. Conversazione. 
,, 15. Soda Dr. R. Oxland, f.c.s. 
