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JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION", 
Jan. 22. Raised Beaches and Submerged 
Forests .... Mr. R. N. Worth, f.g.s. 
29. The Trinity Corporations . Mr. F. J. Webb, f.g.s. 
Feb. 5. Pauperism and its Prevention . Rev. Canon Blacklet. 
,, 12. The Function of Government, 
and Limit of State Inter- 
ference .... Rev. W. Dickson, ll.d. 
,, 19. The Development of Ideas re- 
specting Property in Land Mr. C. F. Burnard. 
,, 26. Iceland : Its Language, Litera- 
ture, and Legends . . Mr. D. Slater, m.a. 
Mar. 5. The Education of the Eye . Mr. H. R. Babb. 
,, 12. Brian Boru .... Rev. S. Vincent. 
,, 19. Comments on the Fine Arts . Mr. Godfrey Evans. 
26. The Extinct Lake of Bovey 
Tracey .... Mr. W. Pengelly, f.r.s., f.g.s. 
Six lecturing members, fifteen associates, and one junior 
associate have joined the Society during the Session ; the numbers 
on the books being — Eighty-nine lecturing members, one hundred 
and twenty-two associates, twenty-one lady associates, and one 
junior associate. This membership is practically the same as last 
year, and makes a total of two hundred and fifty-two, inclusive of 
nineteen honorary, corresponding, and life members. 
The new Museum is now in working order; the building and 
its decorations having been thoroughly completed, whilst the 
various collections have been arranged and exhibited by the 
several Curators. The Society is to be congratulated on the 
satisfactory appearance and extent of the Museum and its contents. 
During the past year it has been opened free to the public every 
Saturday afternoon, a privilege which seems to have been appre- 
ciated, as many as one hundred and fifty visiting it on one day ; 
and it is satisfactory to report that no difficulties have arisen from 
this important step, so far as the conduct of the visitors is 
concerned. In connection with this it is also to be noted that the 
majority of persons thus visiting the Museum con Id not otherwise 
have done so. 
During the winter months four lectures have been given to 
working men on subjects illustrated by the collections in the 
Museum. It was originally intended that these lectures should be 
delivered in the Museum, as on a previous occasion, but, owing to 
the great demand for admittance, it was found desirable to give 
them in the Hall. These lectures, which were largely attended, 
