TKANS ACTIONS. 



SESSION 1886-87. 



I.— OPENING ADDRESS. 



By Mr SYMINGTON GRIEVE, President. 



{Read Nov. S4, 18S6.) 



Allow me to express my thanks for the honour you have 

 been pleased to confer upon me by electing me as your Presi- 

 dent for another year. As you are aware, we have this year 

 made some important alterations not only in the name but in 

 the constitution of the Club, and we trust that these reforms 

 may tend to make it more popular, and also supply the neces- 

 sary funds to make its microscopic section increasingly suc- 

 cessful. Instead of having fortnightly meetings for the read- 

 ing of papers during the winter months, we are now to have 

 a larger number of monthly meetings — these being continued 

 till June. We trust this arrangement may prove advantageous 

 in every way, as it is intended to introduce some variety into 

 the meetings by having each evening not only papers on 

 Natural History subjects, but also others on Microscopy, as 

 well as demonstrations. At those meetings to be held after 

 the field excursions begin, we hope to have the results of the 

 observations of our members at those excursions brought 

 before us in the form of contributions for our 'Transactions.' 

 The Microscopic Section intend also to have regular evening 



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