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WOL. XV..(2) THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS 73 
ANNUAL ADDRESS 
TO THE 
COTTESWOLD NATURALISTS’ FIELD CLUB, 
BY 
The Rev. WALTER BUTT, M.A., President. 
(Read at Gloucester, April 4th, 1905) 
Our Club, I am happy to record, is strong alike in its 
numbers and the output of its members, both as regards 
actual research into the obscure part of the workings of 
the human mind, as well as into the things done by 
the efforts of organized life, and matter under all its forms. 
I remark that our Club is strong in numbers. I believe 
I am correct in stating that, with the election of our last 
new member, we number 100—a greater number than 
ever before in our history. Only two members have 
resigned their membership, both of whom are to be 
regretted. One of them, at-any rate, left us without hav- 
ing a word to say in disparagement of the Club, and 
we rejoice to think of him as taking part as an active 
member, and most keen officer, of a society working upon 
much the same lines as our own. 
Speaking of members leads us to record losses by death 
from the ranks of those actually belonging to our own 
body or of those closely in touch with us. 
Among the latter—for happily ovz ranks were not 
thinned in this way during the last year—we must name 
that veteran worker in geology, R. F. Jo es, F.G:S. and 
a J.P. for the county of Worcester. e died at the age 
of 81, at Evesham, in July of last year. He published 
much that has always been considered valuable, and I 
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