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THE ANNUAL ADDRESS 
OF THE 
PRESIDENT 
REV. WALTER BUTT, M.A. 
The close of the Session 1908-9 finds the Club of the 
same numerical strength as at the end of the preceding 
Session—107 Members. There have been two deaths 
and three resignations. Our most severe loss was un- 
doubtedly that of our esteemed Hon. Treasurer, Arthur 
Sprey Helps. There is no doubt whatever that he had 
the welfare of the Club always at heart, and his quiet 
manner and keen interest in matters scientific had earned 
for him many a friendship, which will long awaken sym- 
pathetic regret at his untimely and tragic end. At our 
Stroud meeting we passed a vote of condolence with the 
Misses Helps, and in company with several Members I 
represented the Club at our late colleague’s funeral. Our 
Hon. Secretary has prepared a short obituary notice 
which appears in this part of the proceedings. 
By death we have lost also Arnold Thomas, F.G.S., of 
_ Newnham, a Member of long standing. 
Dr F. T. Bond, F.R.S.E., who was elected a Member 
as far back as 1878, Archdeacon Hayward, and G. H. 
Wollaston, M.A., F.G.S., have resigned. 
In dealing with the losses our Club has sustained, I 
may mention three that it has sustained more indirectly. 
The Club takes its name from the hills that form the 
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