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THE 



JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY & NATURAL SCIENCE: 



the journal of 

 The Postal Microscopical Society. 



" Knowledge is not given us to keep, but to impart : its tvorth 



is lost in concealment." 



Iprcsibential Hbbrces. 



By the Hon. J. G. P. Vereker, September 8th, 1887. 



auies and gentlemen,— 



Allow me to thank you very 

 much for the honour you have 

 done me in electing me as Presi- 

 dent of the Postal Microscopical 

 Society for this year. I feel great 

 diffidence in accepting this post, 

 and must ask your kind indulgence 

 for any shortcomings I may be 

 guilty of. 



I have for many years had the 

 privilege of belonging to the 

 Society, and have derived much 

 pleasure and profit from it. I 

 think we may now consider its 

 position as firmly fixed, and that 

 if we go on as we have begun we 

 shall always hold a good place 

 among the scientific societies of 

 England. 



Our Journal has done a good 

 deal for us in this direction, and whenever I look into it I feel 



New Series. Vol. I, B 



188S. 



