296 



more intimate knowledge of the various subjects coming within the purview of 

 this Club, and I hope may thereby be enabled to assist in keeping up its wide- 

 spread fame in future years. It now only remains for me to thank you all for 

 your kind forbearance during my year of office, and I will ask you to believe 

 that I have fulfilled my duties, although very inefficiently, yet to the best of my 

 ability. 



f our 168/ 



