Xlii TRANSACTIONS OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
visited by the kindness of the Rev. Mr. Smith, Mr. Worth making 
some remarks explanatory of its general history and features, 
while the Gorge was thrown open to the party by the courtesy of 
Mr. Daniel Radford. The weather was most propitious. 
The second Excursion was antiquarian. Cothele Hall was 
visited on the 9th August, by the ready and courteous permission 
of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. The steamer Prince was hired 
for the occasion, and the party of over one hundred was the most 
numerous ever known in connection with the Institution. The 
attractions of the river scenery and the unique interest of the 
fine old historic mansion were thoroughly appreciated. The 
weather was again most favourable, and the party had a pleasant 
tea on board the vessel at Cothele Quay immediately before starting 
for the return. 
There have been numerous additions to the Museum, which 
has had a good number of highly -interested visitors, and has 
further proved its value for study. As an instance of the utility 
of the Museum to Plymouth, about 2,000 visitors inspected it 
during the week of the Armada Tercentenary, and the caretaker 
advises that a steadily increasing number of the general public 
avail themselves of admission on free days. 
Generally, the property of the Institution is in a satisfactory 
state of repair, and the hope expressed in previous reports, after 
our rather heavy exceptional expenditure on the building and 
its fittings, is being realized, and our expenditure returning to a 
normal condition. 
The following shows the amount of debt for the years 
1885-89: 1885, £520 ; 1886, .£405; 1887, £382; 1888, £350; 
1889, £349. 
The Honorary Librarian reports : 
The following works have been presented during the past year 
to the Library : 
The Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Parts II. -VI. 
and VI. a, 1888 ; Part I., 1889. By the Society. 
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Part IV, 1887 ; 
Parts I. -III., 1888. By the Society. 
Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. Nos. 
174-177 inclusive. By the Society. 
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Nos. 264-277 
inclusive. By the Society. 
