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ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS 



OF THE 



Sout^ ycrnboiT ^ntomologiciil aiitr Hatural JtstorD 



^ocietu. 



Read January 2oth, 1923. 

 By E. J. BuNNETT, M.A., F.E.S. 



LADIES and GENTLEMEN, it is gratifying to hear from the 

 Eeports of the Council and Hon. Treasurer, that the Society 

 is in so flourishing a condition, and the outlook for the future 

 so hopeful. 



It is particularly satisfactory to hear of records broken in several 

 directions : — The present number of actual members (211) consti- 

 tuting a record; the attendance at the Annual Exhibition (180 to 

 190) another, and the present financial position of the Society a 

 third. Besides the legacy of the late Lachlan Gibb, bequests from 

 late members and gifts from others during the last year or two 

 have resulted in valuable additions to our Library, Collections and 

 Cabinets. 



The manner in which the Society should celebrate its fiftieth 

 Anniversary was determined by a general vote, and the universal 

 approbation expressed by the seventy or more members who attended 

 the supper at the Holborn Restaurant, on October 19th, bears testi- 

 mony to the success of the course finally adopted. As an account 

 of the Jubilee Celebrcition has been already presented in the 

 Council's Report, further remarks upon the incidents of that 

 occasion are superfluous. By common consent it was one of the 

 most enjoyable meetings ever attended by members connected with 

 this Society. 



We regret to have to record the death, since our last Annual 

 Meeting, of six of our members. 



Lachlan Gibb, F.E.S., who joined the Society as a Life Member, 



