PLYMOUTH: 1TS PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS. 385 
BRITISH MERCANTILE LEGISLATION. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY MR. R. G. EDMONDS. 
(Read November 11th, 1880.) 
InrropuctTion. Magnitude of the interests concerned. Legislation 
as regards the ship, captain and officers, owners and seamen: their 
several duties and responsibilities. Deck cargoes. Advance notes : 
their speedy abolition. The Plimsaul agitation: its causes and 
beneficial results. Suggestions for future legislation. 
PLYMOUTH: ITS PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY MR. W. H. K. WRIGHT. 
(Read November 18th, 1880.) 
Intropuction. Plymouth of the past. Brief sketch of the rise 
and early state of the town. Plymouth “a mene place.” Ply- 
mouth at various periods in its history. The days of Elizabeth. 
The state of the town during the siege. Plymouth at the close of 
the Elizabethan century. “ Plymouth in an uproar.” The early 
years of the nineteenth century. The subsequent rapid progress 
of the town and the causes thereof. Plymouth in 1880. Rateable 
area. Population. Increase of the number of burgesses. The 
public buildings and institutions of the town. Present aspect 
from various points of view. Comparisons. Plymouth of the 
future. What it may become, and ought to be. Its natural 
advantages and disadvantages. A glance at the numerous social 
questions affecting the welfare of the people, and the progress of 
the town. Further developments contemplated and desirable. The 
duty of all good citizens. Conclusion, 
