Annual Address to the Cotteswold Naturalists’ Field Club, read at 
Gloucester, on Tuesday, the 4th of May, 1886, by the President, 
Sir Witt1am Vernon Guise, Bart., F.L.S., F.G.S. 
GENTLEMEN, 
After a duration of forty years the Cotteswold Field Club 
continues its useful and vigorous existence, and shows no falling 
off in the number and value of its scientific transactions. Our 
complement of members, too, is well maintained, though year 
by year we have to mourn the loss of friends and comrades, 
whom the hand of death removes. Of these we have this year 
to lament the death of four, whose presence will be much 
missed. These were J. H. Cooxz, F.S.A., K. H. Fryer, 
Henry Wittmort, and Major W. E. Pricz, F.G.S. Besides 
these, four members have resigned, and five have been elected. 
The present strength of the Club is— 
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The financial condition of the Club, as reported by your 
Treasurer, is, I regret to say, not so satisfactory as usual. Our 
expenses have been somewhat more, and our receipts less than 
last year. The total expenditure is £82 19s. 8d., and receipts 
up to date £68 10s. 0d., showing a deficiency of £14 9s. 8d.: 
this will reduce the last year’s balance of £71 7s. 5d. to 
£56 17s. 9d. It is stated by the publisher that the expenditure 
is much increased by reason of the way in which author’s 
copies of papers are printed; and that if they would be content 
to have their copies paged as in the Transactions a good deal 
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