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*«Mosses and Lichens.” Also that we hope’'to have a ‘Field Day 
in June, and shall be glad to receive any suggestions this evening 
as to the locality, and any offer as to the paper to be then read.” 
On the motion of Mr. Smurthwaite, seconded by Mr. Knight, 
the report was received and adopted. 
Mr. Rev. J. Burgess moved that their best thanks be given to the 
honorary secretary. He said all naturalists’ clubs where very 
largely indebted to their secretary, and that one above most clubs. 
His services had been so long and so able, that he was quite sure 
thay would not like to close the meeting or even to hear the 
President's address without thanking Mr. Ullyett. 
Mr. Walton seconded the motion, which was unanimously 
carried. ‘ 
Mr. Ullyett briefly acknowledged the compliment. He then said 
Dr. Fitzgerald had asked him to read the annual address, and to 
express his regret that he could not be present. Nothing but 
illness would have prevented him. 
He then read the 
PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. 
It is with no ordinary feelings that I had hoped to look around 
to-night at the members of the Society I have now so happily 
presided over for 17 years, and although I might miss perchance 
the faces of some old friends, I should see, nevertheless, others 
who have been constant from the first. Seventeen years! I feel 
much more like the father of you all than your iormal President ! 
and I venture to say if societies like ours did no other good than 
fostering feelings such as exist among us as naturalists, they would 
not be formed in vain. , 
But although friendly feelings, and even a moderate amount of 
mutual laudation, are all very well, they are not the end and aim 
of our Society ; our object is to give and receive instruction. I 
wish I could congratulate you on a greater quantity of honest work 
_ done by members. There is, indeed, a small and ever willing body 
of working ‘‘ bees,” if I may so call them, all men too of scant 
leisure, who do all the work in the shape of reading papers, and to 
_ them our best thanks are due, but the rest, whom I am afraid I 
must call ‘‘ drones,” look placidly on but give no help! Yes, I 
know quite well what you will say. That you are so modest and 
_ humble you feel sure you could write nothing which would instruct 
or interest the society; but you are wrong. There are none among 
you, of either sex, who could not, by a little methodical expenditure 
of time and trouble, do work which would both interest and instruct 
us. It is only necessary to take some one subject and make it 
_ thoroughly your own. Do not attempt too much; select some 
