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TRANSACTIONS OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
1889. 
Jan. 3. 
„ 10. 
„ 17. 
„ 24. 
„ 31. 
Feb. 7. 
„ 14. 
„ 21. 
„ 28. 
Mar. 7. 
„ 14. 
„ 21. 
„ 28. 
Conversazione. 
The Mackerel Fishery . 
The Making of the English Nation 
How to bring about the Millennium 
Live Burial 
Strings 
The Eddystone : Facts and Fictions 
Our Vernacular : Logical, Gram- 
matical, and Grotesque . 
Notes on the North -West Terri- 
tories of Canada 
The Poem of the Cid . 
The Shu King ; or, The Oldest of 
the Sacred Books of China 
On the Track of the "Old Men," 
Dartmoor. No. II. 
The Blue Friars : A Notable Ply- 
mouth Brotherhood 
Mr. B. J. Ridge. 
Rev. W. Binns. 
Mr. Gilbert Slater, b.a. 
Mr. W. J. Square, f.r.c.s. 
Mr. Robert Smith. 
Mr. H. B. S. Woodhouse. 
Mr. T. Winter-Wood. 
Mr. Richard A. Penrose. 
Rev. J. Erskine Risk, m.a. 
Rev. Samuel Vincent. 
Mr. Robert Burnard. 
Mr. W. H. K.W'right, f.r.h.s. 
Mainly by death and removal there has been a slight decrease 
in the total number of Members and Associates. It is very 
desirable that the loss thus sustained should be made up as soon 
as possible. No local society covers so wide or so varied a field 
as the Plymouth Institution, or offers such advantages for the 
general pursuit of Science, Art, and Literature; and the Secretaries 
feel that an association which has for nearly eighty years been the 
chief centre of the intellectual life of the neighbourhood, and is 
now in the fullest activity, has the strongest claim upon all who 
are really interested in intellectual progress, whether for them- 
selves or for the community at large. 
The Treasurer's Statement shows a slight reduction in the debt, 
which now stands at £349. Various suggestions have been 
made for paying it off, but hitherto it has not been found possible 
to arrange for a special effort in a form which has approved itself 
to the Council. 
The Anniversary Meeting was held on the 1st of May, when 
Mr. F. Brent exhibited several cases of local and typical flint 
arrowheads, and read a paper on the same, which gave rise to 
an interesting discussion. A paper was also read by Mr. K. JS r . 
Worth, f.g.s., on a Burial Urn from Cornwall. 
The opening Conversazione of the season, on October 4th, had, 
as usual, for its leading attraction the fine collection of pictures 
forming the exhibition of the Plymouth Art Club. The musical 
