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which was its eminently suggestive character. With regard to 

 the fear that in the future there might be danger that amateur 

 work might be thrown aside by the increased demands of pro- 

 fessional work, he thought no men were more alive to such a 

 danger than were the specialists themselves. But he thought 

 he might say, that although the high conditions required by 

 special work made this at the present time a special danger, 

 yet it could not be denied that, in this country at least, some of 

 the best biological work had been done by amateurs, and it 

 would be a bad day for science in this country when the 

 amateur biologist ceased to take the same interest in this kind 

 of work as he had done in the past, and thus ceased to 

 supply material facts for others to utilize. They did not need 

 any better illustration of the value of the work of the amateur 

 biologist than was furnished by the work accomplished by their 

 President himself, and he felt sure that the remarks which had 

 fallen from him that evening were such as all would do well 

 to consider deeply. If anyone would take up the influenza 

 question, for instance, and could carry out investigations with 

 some hope of success, it would be a matter of great importance 

 to science, as well as to those who were sufferers from it. 

 Unfortunately the popular idea at the present time might be 

 summed up by the statement that they did not see in what way 

 matters had been helped by scientific men telling them that 

 they had a microscopic worm in their organisms which caused 

 all the mischief, if they could not at the same time tell them 

 how it got in, or how to get it out again. He had great pleasure 

 in moving that the best thanks of the Club be given to the 

 President for his admirable address. 



Mr. G. E. Mainland had great pleasure in seconding the 

 motion. 



Mr. Michael having put the motion to the meeting, declared 

 it to be carried by acclamation. 



The President said he felt much indebted to the Members of 

 the Club for the cordial and kind expression of feeling as shown 

 by the manner in which this resolution had been passed. It had 

 given him great pleasure to be associated wiih the Club, and 

 though his derelictions had been more frequent than he could 

 have wished, they had been so generously condoned that he felt 

 it both an honour and a pleasure to have again given him the 

 opportunity of occupying the chair for another year. 



