SESSION 1890-1891. 
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1890. 
INAUGURAL ADDRESS 
BY 
MR. GEORGE DE PARIS, 
(PRESIDENT,) ON 
THE PRESENT STATE AND FUTURE 
PROSPECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,— 
Having been honoured with the office of President for 
another year, it becomes my duty to review the proceedings of 
the past Session, and bring the result to bear upon our prospects 
for the year before us. 
I may sincerely congratulate the Members on the pleasant 
evenings we have spent together and on the excellent papers that 
have been read by Mr. and Miss CRangE, Mr. REaAN, Mr. H. 
Davey, Mr, PANKHUuRST, and Dr. NEWSHOLME, and also on the 
instructive discussions that have sprung from them ; and I may, 
I feel sure, thank (in the name of the Society) those who have so 
kindly and so ably assisted us. I am sure, too, that many of us 
will always retain a pleasant memory of the excursions in which 
they have taken part, the charming Sussex scenery they have 
visited, and the genial hospitality that has been experienced, 
particularly at the Rectory at Amberley. 
But while I gladly allude to these pleasant aspects of the 
past, I should be wanting in a proper regard to the interests of 
the Society over which I am called to preside, did I not glance at 
its less promising features, and indicate as far as possible the 
reforms which must take place among us before we can fairly lay 
_ claim to the name and prestige of a successful Institution. 
