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Mr. J. E. Haselwood expressed his pleasure at seeing Mi-. 

 Sawyer in the presidential chair, and proposed a hearty vote of 

 thanks to Mr. J. Dennant for his able conduct in the chair during 

 the past year. The Ex-President he highly complimented for his 

 •constant attention to his duties, not being absent from one meet, 

 ing of the Society during his tenure of office, he beheved, and 

 thereby showing that his heart was with them, and setting a 

 praiseworthy example to other Members. He heartily wished 

 that some of these would oftener appear at the meetings of the 

 Society than they did, and not be content with merely reading 

 the newspaper reports of these meetings at home. Much as the 

 Society was indebted to the press for the admirable way in which 

 it recorded their proceedings, the publicity it gave to them 

 tended to lessen the attendances at their meetings. This was 

 not pleasant to contemplate, for almost always something was 

 cropping up upon which some Member could give the Society 

 useful information. He, therefore, hoped the example of the 

 Ex-President — and that which would, no doubt, be set by the 

 new President — would be followed by many who had in the past 

 been irregular in their attendances. 



Concluding, he alluded to the difficulty which a President 

 had to contend with in his endeavours to please every Member, 

 and to the successful way in which Mr. Dennant had overcome 

 that difficulty. 



Mr. A. DowsETT seconded the motion, supporting what Mr. 

 Haselwood had said in praise of Mr. Dennant. 



The Chairman also joined most heartily in the commenda- 

 tions accorded Mr. Dennant, and then 



The motion was cordially agreed to. 



The Ex-President acknowledged the compliment, assuring 

 the Meeting that the measure of success which had attended his 

 efforts during the past year had been due to the support of the 

 Members, and thanking the Members for that support. 



