The Powys-land Club in account with Matthew Powell, Esq., To Cash paid as follows:- Messrs. Whiting and Co., for Printing Report of Meeting and Supplementary Part S. Salter, Junr., for printing 300 copies of Catalogue of Reference Library Paid for Wood and Typographical Illustrations, and for Copying and Drawings of future Illustra tions Paid for Postage of Report and Parts XLII and XLIII to Members; also of back Parts to New Members; Printing and Postage of Circulars, collecting Subscriptions, and acknowledging same, Reporter, etc. Museum-Paid Expenses of case and labelling Balance carried down and ending £12 17 0 58 6 6 70 11 4 265 16 8 6 9 12 2 0 10 8 120 3 4 £290 15 11 Hon. Treasurer, for the year commencing 1st October 1887, 30th September 1888. 6 Subscriptions from Original Members at 10s. 6d. each 117 Subscriptions from ordinary Members at £1 18. each Special: 1 The Earl of Powis Arrears received Subscriptions of next year received in advance from 31 Members who last year, or previously, paid this 13 Members in arrear, amounting (besides bad debts) to £16 168. Od. 168 Number on List of Members on 30th Sept. 1887. 3 3 0 122 17 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 33 1 6 Cash received for books sold 1888, October. By Balance in hand brought down 50 6 £290 15 11 120 3 4 POWYS-LAND SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ART. The Committee have not a very flourishing Report to present. In common with all other Schools of Art, this School has suffered from the depression of the times. The attendance of the classes and the fees received have been as Last year the fees amounted to £42 168.; the fees this year are barely over one-half. EXAMINATIONS. On the 30th April and 1st May last, examinations of the classes were held by the Science and Art Department, when the following offered themselves for examination : Second Grade. For model drawing, 3, and for free-hand drawing, 3, and for geometry, 1 outside student. Four certificates were awarded, viz. To Antonia Isabella James, one for Model Drawing, and one for Free-hand Drawing; to Alfred Henry Jones, one for Model Drawing, and one for Free-hand Drawing. The actual certificates have not yet been received from the Department. RESULTS OF WORK.-In consequence of the changes made by the Department, no works were sent up this year, they being of a too elementary character, and the Department will no longer pay upon works which are simply preparatory exercises for a personal examination. All works sent up in future will have to be very carefully executed, and of much more advanced description than formerly, and the number of students capable of executing such works is necessarily limited. The master considers he has a fair prospect of being able to send some works of the higher standard next April, as some of the elder students are now working steadily and successfully. The Committee have made efforts to increase the number of students in the classes, but not with so much success as they could wish. The Committee hope their next report will be more favourable. Upon the motion of the President, the Report was received. The President then moved that a sum of £10 be voted to be expended on the Museum, according to the request contained in a letter which had been received from Mr. Morris Jones. Captain Mytton seconded the motion, which was agreed to. The Rev. D. P. LEWIS said: I rise with much pleasure to propose a motion which I am sure will be received with very great warmth. I regret to miss the faces of a number of old friends who have been accustomed to attend the annual meeting of this institution. We especially regret the absence of our Secretary, who has been always regularly present among us at these meetings for the last twenty years, and I feel sure that ill-health could be the only cause of that absence. There is one whom we find continually with us, one who is always willing to give us the benefit of his countenance and advice, who by his deep reading is thoroughly able to appreciate all that is contained in our publications, and to give us advice upon all literary matters, and who is connected with the oldest families in the county. I rise to propose that the best thanks of this meeting be given to our President, the Earl of Powis. Mr. ABRAHAM HOWELL said: It gives me great pleasure to second the vote of thanks to Lord Powis. I have had the pleasure of watching Lord Powis's conduct in regard to public matters in this county during a very long period, and I have always found that his lordship lets no opportunity pass of giving his support to everything that relates to the public benefit. I am sure I cannot say anything to those present which would increase their sense of Lord Powis's great value to the town and neighbourhood. The motion having been carried by acclamation, the President in replying said: I am much obliged to you for the compliment you have been good enough to pay me. I am very glad to see the continued interest taken in this Club and Museum. I regret very much that I have not had the pleasure of personally presenting the certificates to the young persons who have gained them in the School of Science and Art, but they have not yet been sent down by the Government Department. The proceedings then terminated. CLASSIFIED LIST OF ARTICLES PRESENTED, BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1887 AND NOVEMBER 1888, (Continued from "Montgomeryshire Collections", SEALS AND MEDALS: From (409) ANONYMOUS (1888). Two curious Seals in Horn, with elaborate designs, and Latin inscriptions thereon. From (409) ANONYMOUS (1888). Roman Catholic Medal of elaborate design, Communion." NATURAL HISTORY SPECIMENS : "Memento of First Presented by (6) WILLIAM FISHER (1888). Curious Asparagus Plant of abnormal growth. PORTRAITS: -: Presented by (1) MORRIS C. JONES (1888). Crayon Portrait of Rev. J. E. Hill, M.A., Curate of Welshpool from 1850 to 1865, and Vicar from 1865 to 1887. Presented by (468) J. MARSHALL DUGDALE, Esq. (1888). Lithographed Portrait of John Dugdale, Esq., Llwyn. MANUSCRIPTS : From (47) THOMAS MORRIS (1888). Document dated 21 August 1857, under the hands of four of the Churchwardens of the Parish Church of Welshpool, whereby they purport to assign a pew to a parishioner "so long and so long only as he resided in the house he then occupied". From (469) Rev. SAMUEL HAYMAN (1887). Autograph Signature (cut from a deed) of Edward Jones, Bishop of St. Asaph. Each donor's name has a large number prefixed, and each of his donations is numbered consecutively with a small number. This is done for the future identification of the donations. |