118 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Yol. vii. 



My desire has been to shew how many difficulties and obstacles 

 I have had to contend with in the proper carrying out of the 

 trust which for ten coDsecutive years you have reposed in me. 

 Due allowance being made for many shortcomings and deficien- 

 cies in the past, it is yet confidently hoped that if the work done 

 during so long a time has been less than it ought to have been, 

 the fault is largely attributable to that want of liberal patronage 

 which might well have been accorded to a Society so deserving 

 of the sympathy and practical assistance of all classes in the 

 community. 



J. F. Whiteaves, F.G.S., &c. 



The Treasurer, Mr. James Ferrier, jr., submitted the follow- 

 ing financial statement, and gave some verbal explanations of 

 various details connected with it. 



