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Address to the Gotteswold Naturalists' Field Club, hy the President, 

 Sir W. V. Guise, Bart., F.L.S., F.G.S., read at Gloucester 

 on the 10th April, 1877. 



Gentlemen, — 



The Address of your President whicL. annually signalizes the 

 opening of the season for Field Meetings of the Club— now in 

 the 32nd year of its existence — may fitly commence with an 

 expression of thankfulness at the healthy condition and 

 favourable prospects of our Society. The Secretary reports 

 that the finances of the Club are in a fairly satisfactory 

 condition. The amount received during the past year has been 

 £93 Os. Od., while the disbursements have amounted to £72 6s. 9d., 

 and this includes the whole cost of printing, publishing, and 

 illustrating the last vol. of Transactions. This would have 

 been considerably more, but for Mr. Bellows' s liberality in 

 greatly reducing the charges incurred in illustrating his own 

 valuable paper. 



Arrears of Subscriptions have come in much better during 

 the past year, but nearly £90 still remain due, under this head, 

 though the Secretary believes that this amount will be much 

 reduced by midsummer. 



As it will be necessary at once to prepare a new list of 

 members, which has not been done since 1875, it is intended, 

 with this list, to send a detailed Statement of Account and 

 printed Balance Sheet to each member. 



