ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



1874-5. 



September loth. 

 ANNUAL MEETING. 



The retiring President, Mr. J. E. Haselwood, before vacating 

 the chair, said that as it was oiBcially his " last dying speech and 

 confession," he asked for their sympathy. First of all, he thanked 

 very cordially the whole of the Members for the loyalty they had 

 on all occasions manifested towards him, and for their attendance 

 at the various meetings. During the year they had shifted from 

 their old place of meeting into more comfortable quarters, and 

 this, probably, had attracted more to their meetings. 



Future years, he hoped, would find the number still increasing, 

 for there could be no doubt that it was much more instructive and 

 enjoyable when the attendances were large than when small. 



With regard to the Committee, he was glad to be able to say 

 that he had never been associated with a body of men between 

 whom thei'e existed a more kindly feeling. And this was equally 

 the case with the Secretaries, from whom he had received the 

 greatest assistance, and who worked together most amicably, their 

 departments, the scientific and the business, never clashing the one 

 with the other, or causing any jealousies to arise between them. 



