. Transactions . then reappointed. Mr. T. E. Forster brought forward the following motion, namely, That members use their influence with their employers to induce them to subscribe to this Institute, and to call their attention to the privileges accruing to themselves as coalowners, and their under officers, by so doing. Mr. Sopwith seconded the motion. The President said, he thought the coalowners had neglected thought the Institute was deserving of far more patronage than ithad obtained. The collieries with which he was connected subscribed£30 out of £63 subscribed by all the trade.
. Transactions . then reappointed. Mr. T. E. Forster brought forward the following motion, namely, That members use their influence with their employers to induce them to subscribe to this Institute, and to call their attention to the privileges accruing to themselves as coalowners, and their under officers, by so doing. Mr. Sopwith seconded the motion. The President said, he thought the coalowners had neglected thought the Institute was deserving of far more patronage than ithad obtained. The collieries with which he was connected subscribed£30 out of £63 subscribed by all the trade. It was only the coalownersin their neighbourhood that did subscribe. Mr. Sopwith said, a great deal might be done, and he would speakto parties himself. He did not believe that any provincial institution inthe kingdom had produced such volumes of proceedings as that Institu-tion had done. The motion was carried by a show of hands. The officers for the ensuing year were then appointed, and themeeting m if mi w /JJiTIJ 9 Rwml
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