SPECIAL JUBILEE MEETING. / 



Members of the Union, and I now call upon him to speak 

 on the subject. 



j\Ir. Evans then gave some details of the Biographical 

 Notices which he had prepared. 



(See below, p. 71.) 



The President : Before proceeding to the distribution of 

 Medals, I am sure that you will join me in passing a hearty 

 Vote ot' Thanks to our Editor for the account that he has 

 prepared of the history of the Union, and also to Mr. Evans 

 for his Biographies. I must say that both these papers 

 recall to my memory matters of great interest, but perhaps 

 to those who are younger they will not appeal so strongly. 



The Vote of Thanks was then carried by acclamation. 



The President : Now we will proceed to the distribution 

 of Medals to the above-mentioned four surviving original 

 Members of the Union, but as I, who am one of them, 

 cannot well give myself a Medal, I will ask Mr. Henry 

 Morris Upcher, the oldest surviving elected Member, to 

 take the Chair. 



Mr. U PC HER then took the Chair. 



Mr. Upcher : Brother Members of the B. O. U., — When 

 I accepted the invitation that was given me to come here 

 to-day to be put in this responsible position, I could not help 

 feeling that however pleasurable the office might be, it 

 could not avoid being mixed with feelings of sadness which 

 I am sure we all feel. I stand here before you to-day in this 

 position from no merits or deserts of my own, but merely 

 from the events of nature over Avhich we have no control. 

 I hope I am sufficiently thankful for being so well arid 

 strong as I am at my time of life, but I must say that 

 I heartily wish many of those gentlemen w^ho have gone to 

 join the majority had been spared to take my place and 

 present these Medals. But still, to-day we are concerned 

 more with the present, and I am sure we must all con- 

 gratulate ourselves on finding our Union in such a flourishing 



