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wisdom, and a very mine of information and practical advice. 



And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, you will have gathert-d 

 what are my views with regard to the possible future of our 

 Association — if our Members will bestir themselves; if our 

 numbers increase largely ; if, above all, we learn to know em-h 

 other ; if we take care to exert an influence at times other than 

 those when we formally meet once a month : there is a possibility 

 of a great work being accomplished. Some day I trust it may be 

 possible to have erected in our parish a building devoted to 

 <Klucational purposes — to the study of the new language — in whidi 

 we may find a home. But if my hopes are to be realised, it can 

 only be because thej' are re-echoed by the Members generally, ami 

 by the manifestation of much greater activity than has hitherto 

 prevailed among us. Sometimes but a spark is necessary to start 

 the fire : I only liope that I may have struck that spark this 



