176 JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
Although, owing to unavoidable circumstances, some alterations 
as regards sequence had to be made, yet the whole of the lectures 
announced on the cards, with one exception, were delivered. 
The average attendance at the lectures has been sixty-four. 
Seven members, eleven associates, two lady associates, and two 
junior associates have joined the Society during the year, the 
present numbers being eighty members, one hundred and five 
associates, eleven lady associates, and three junior associates. 
Many of the papers read during the Session were of a high order, 
had been prepared with great pains by the lecturers, and were most 
ably discussed. The volume of ‘“ Transactions” now in course 0 
preparation under the continued editorship of Mr. C. Spence Bate 
F.R.8., Will be among the best ever issued by the Society, both as 
regards the number and the quality of the papers recorded therein. 
The annual excursion of the Society, which was intended to be 
held at Launceston on the 20th June, 1877, did not take place. 
At the Anniversary meeting, held on the Ist May, the following 
short papers were read and discussed : 
“The Handbooks of the Three Towns.” 
By Mr. J. Brooxine Rowe, F.s.A., F.L.8. 
“‘ Notes on the Ancient Heraldry of Plymouth.” 
By Mr. R. N. Worrtu, F.a.s. 
“* Notes on Old Plymouth.” 
By Mr. J. HINnE, F.R.1.B.A. 
“Some Aspects of East Indian Civilization.” 
By Dr. W. H. Pzarssz. 
The three first, being of much local interest, were ordered to be 
printed in the “ Transactions.” 
The Council being desirous that the Society should be identified 
with the British Association, which met at Plymouth in August 
last, conferred with the Excursion Committee of the Association, 
the result of which was that their dredging excursion was adopted 
and carried out by the Plymouth Institution. At this excursion 
were present Dr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, r.r.s., the President of the 
Biological Section, and other eminent members of the Association. 
It is gratifying to know that many Members of our Society took 
a warm interest in the proceedings; and it is owing, in a great 
measure, to their zeal and exertions that the Congress of the British 
Association at Plymouth in 1877 was so highly successful. The 
exhibition of pictures at St. Andrew’s Hall, which was the best 
