ADDRESS TO THE LINCOLNSHIRE 
NATURALISTS’ UNION. 
Delivered at Lineoln, May 24th, 1894. 
By JOHN CORDEAUX, M.B.O.U. 
President (1893).* 
In rising to address you on this occasion, I am not unmindful 
of the fact that I have been elected first President of the 
Lincolnshire Naturalists’ Union, and I wish now, in the 
first place, to thank you for having placed me in so honourable 
a position. The object of our Society is intended to bring about 
a thorough and systematic investigation of the Natural History 
capabilities of the county, carried on year by year, a publication, 
if possible, from time to time, of the results, and an endeavour 
to create amongst all classes of the population an intelligent 
interest and correct appreciation of the various natural phe- 
nomena which surround them. 
It is somewhat of a reflection on this great county that so 
little has been done hitherto for the cause of science ; this in- 
deed, becomes painfully apparent when we consider the excellent 
results shown by the enterprising naturalists in the two neigh- 
bouring counties of Norfolk and Yorkshire. In the former, the 
*This address was originally issued to members in “ Transactions ” 
1895. That issue being made up of reprints, ete., led to erratic number- 
ing. To secure the above paper it was decided by the members at the 
last Annual Meeting to publish it in our present “ Transactions,” being 
of special interest to the County. 
