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motion was carried amid much applause, the ex-President expressing the great 

 gratification which he felt at yielding up the chair to a gentleman so able to render 

 valuable service to the Club, and so zealous in pursuit of science. 



The Rev. J. F. Crouch then proposed, and Dr. Bull seconded, a vote of thanks 

 to the Rev. T. T. Lewis for his very efficient services as President during the past 

 year, and for his great kindness in imparting valuable information to the members 

 at the field meetings. The vote was carried by acclamation, and was suitably 

 acknowledged. Thanks were also voted to the Hon. Secretary, who was re- 

 elected. 



The Secretary subsequently read a statement of the income and expenditure 

 of the Club, from which it appeared that there are 37 members, and there is a 

 balance in hand of £15. 



The subject of the admission of ladies to one of the field meetings annually 

 was brought forward by the Secretary, but it was thought advisable to defer it 

 for future consideration. 



The three field meetings for the year were fixed to be held: — the first at the 

 Speech-house in Dean Forest, the joint meeting of the Woolhope, Malvern, 

 and Cotteswold Clubs, the day for which is to be fixed by the three Presidents ; 

 the second at Monmouth Cap, on Tuesday the i8th of July ; and the third at 

 Woolhope, on the 22nd of September. The meeting then terminated. 



ADDRESS. 

 By the Rev. Thos. T. Lewis, M.A. President. 

 Gentlemen, 



On quitting the office of President of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, 

 to which your kindness elected me last year, it devolves upon me, in conformity 

 with your rules, to submit to you a brief sketch of the year's proceedings. 



On entering this task the thoughts of all present will be at once directed to 

 the painful events by which a wise providence within a few months deprived us 

 of the society of two of our most active and valuable members, — the one regarded 

 by us as the founder of our little club, and the other as a very distinguished member 

 of it, — under circumstances awfully sudden, and too distressing and well known 

 to you for me to dwell upon. Suffice it to say, that we are daily and hourly sensible 

 of the loss we have sustained in their removal, but console ourselves in the re- 

 trospect, that they were not more respected by all who had the pleasure of their 

 acquaintance and friendship, than distinguished for their abilities and intellectual 

 attainments, their high moral integrity, and the zeal with which they devoted 

 themselves to the promotion of science, and its application to the improvement 

 cf the condition of their fellow-creatures. Such ornaments of society ought not 

 to pass away from this transitory scene as mere ordinary mortals. Among the 

 friends of Mr. Scobie a desire was at once expressed to secure, if possible, a memorial 



