earth Avhero a field naturalists' club had more abundant 

 material at its hands than Trinidad. He never took a walk 

 in the evening without noticing sometliing to interest him in 

 plant or insect life, and if this was the case with a most un- 

 learned observer, what must it be with such learned naturalists 

 as his friend Mr. Gatty, or the Member avIio had just read 

 the address, or other Members of the Club such as Mr. 

 Devenish. What simple amateurs wished to do, was to learn 

 from experienced Members of the Club the proper methods of 

 observing and ajipreciating that which lay under their feet 

 and before their eyes, and he was sure that the various ob- 

 jects collected and exhibited there that night, and at other 

 times by this Club, and the papers read by its Members could 

 not be but of the greatest benefit to them. Let their key-note 

 — according to his humble judgment — be as unscientific as 

 possible ; not to aim so much at having a scientific society, as to 

 have a society for mutual recreation and enjoyment in the open 

 air. The most valuable branches of eff"ort of a club like this he 

 took to be excursions by its Members to the woods and 

 waters of the dominion around them. He did not know 

 whether this Club had yet made any such excursions ; he 

 rather thought it had. He was sorry to say he had not been 

 able to join in them, he wished he had. Again, his Excellency 

 impressed upon the Members the object of a Naturalists' Club, 

 Avhich was to give delight to its Members, and not to indulge 

 in scientific matters. They were too exalted for them. There 

 was one point which pleased him more than anything else in 

 the anniial report, and that Avas that the Club was estab- 

 lished on a sound financial basis. Depend upon it. whether 

 they dealt Avith business, science, or pleasure, the first point 

 to be considered was the finance. That was the key-stone of 

 any such institution as this. He congratulated the Ofiicers of 

 the Club for paying great attention to the financial depart- 

 ment, and exhorted them to collect the subscriptions severely, 

 and not to give away a single copy of their magazine except such 

 as were given to learned societies, and he Avould not have so 

 much to do with learned societies if he had anything to do with 

 it. If th ey were careful and economical they would prosper. 

 He had m uch pleasure in accepting an invitation to join the 

 Club, for this reason, because he wished in his humble way to 

 interest himself in all that he thought it behoved the youth 

 and the manhood of Trinidad to interest themselves in. He 

 wished to try and set a good example, and he felt he could 

 identify himself as GoA'ernor of the Colony Avith no more health- 

 ful and self-rewarding organization than a Field Naturalists' 

 Club. In conclusion he Avishcd the Club every success. 



