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The Annual Meeting was held at the Bell Hotel, Gloucester, on 
the 10th May, 1887, and in the absence of Sir Witt1am Guiss, 
the President, the Chair was taken by Mr Lucy, (Vice-Presi- 
dent) to whom Sir Witu1am had sent his address, and which 
he read. 
The following introductory remarks were heard with 
feelings of profound regret :— 
“« After having presided over the destinies of your Club for 
“a period of twenty-eight years, I am warned by growing 
“infirmities that the time has come for me to lay down what 
“has been to me a source of unvarying pleasure. When I look 
‘back upon the years that have passed, I do so with pride and 
‘pleasure, and I call to mind the noble band of workers who 
‘““have enabled me to carry the Club to its present renown and 
“high character among similar bodies. The names occur to me 
“of Etheridge, Wright, Symonds, Jones, Moore, Lucy, Witchell, 
“and many others whose pens have been busy in our service— 
“some of whom are still left, while others have been removed 
“from among us. 
“T received the Club from Mr Barwick Baker, our first 
“President, but lately removed from us by death; and now my 
“failing powers remind me that I, too, must lay down the 
“reins which my hands can no longer sustain, but I feel that 
“in doing so, I resign them into hands fully capable of all the 
“duties connected therewith. I indulge a hope that I may yet 
“participate in your evening Meetings, but to share in your 
‘excursions is a physical impossibility. 
“In bidding you farewell, I congratulate myself and you 
“upon the favorable condition of the Club, the Members of 
“‘which are fully maintained, and the papers of the usual 
“average interest and importance. 
“In conclusion, in bidding you adieu, let me add my fer- 
“vent hope in the future success of the Cotteswold Club.” 
Mr Lucy, after a few remarks, proposed the following 
resolution :— 
