REPORTS 
PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS, 
4th April, 1889. 
The Secretaries have much pleasure in presenting their Eeport 
for the year 1888-89, and in being able again to state that the 
operations of the Institution have been actively and satisfactorily 
conducted. 
The programme of Lectures has been carried out without 
deviation. The attendances have on several occasions been con- 
siderably above the average, and some of the discussions have 
been exceptionally animated and interesting. It would, however, 
be very desirable that more Members and Associates should take 
part in this section of the Society's operations, for which ample 
opportunity is commonly afforded. 
The Lectures delivered were : 
1888. 
Oct. 4. 
Conversazione. 
„ 11. 
President's Address. 
„ 18. 
The Dartmoor Volcano . 
Mr. R. N. Worth, f.g.s. 
„ 25. 
Competition and Co-operation 
Mr. J. C. Inglis, c.e. 
Nov. 1. 
The English Poor Law System 
Mr. W. Adams. 
„ 8. 
Atmospheric Electricity 
Dr. Merrifield, f.r.a.s. 
., 15. 
Modern Theories in Chemistry 
Mr. Louis Sexton. 
„ 22. 
De Ruyter's Naval Operations 
Against England . 
Mr. W. Cecil Wade. 
„ 29. 
Coral Reefs 
Mr. G. T. Bourne, m.a., f.l.s. 
Dec. 6. 
The Influence of the Microscope 
on Modem Medicine 
Mr. W. H. Brenton. 
„ 13. 
Calderon as Poet and Dramatist . 
Miss A. G. Cooper. 
„ 20. 
The Present State of Technical 
Education .... 
Mr. C. S. Jago, f.r.g.s. 
