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and Mr. F. S. Spiers. It must be a great satisfaction to them to 

 see this magnificent meeting, as one of the fruits of their labours 

 in the past; that is, in seeing the Society they founded, aided by the 

 sister Societies, in the earnest set i3urpose of assisting our Empire 

 in this important question of improving our resources in optical 

 matters. All honour to the men mentioned, and I am sure that I 

 shall be voicing your feelings in offering them our heartiest congratu- 

 lations. 



Whilst this is a meeting of the " Micro-Intellectuals," may I 

 now descend to earth and remind you that our full programme has 

 its drawbacks. We have the time limit to consider, and I beg 

 that this be borne in mind. If I have occasionally to use the 

 closure it will not be because the words being uttered are not con- 

 sidered words of wisdom, but that the evening is not long enough. 

 I will now try to set the example by making my own remarks as 

 brief as pos.^ible. 



Sir Robert Hadffeld then presented the following 

 *' Introductory Address," to the salient features of which he 

 briefly drew^ attention. 



