96 PRESIDENTS ADDRESS. 
cause of scientific knowledge. If they intend to persevere in such investi- 
gations, and will apply their minds to the things upon which their eyes 
continually rest, they will tind entertainment, and they will find instruction; 
for to them then the whole face of Nature will be as one vast book, in which 
every atom serves to illustrate the law that sustains the whole; and the text 
in which its history is written will become plainer as their minds expand 
under the influence of careful inquiry. They will find that not only has 
each object a history of its own, but that, as Sir John Lubbock has so ably 
pointed out, things dissimilar are interdependent. The flowers are indebted 
to the bees, the moths, and the ants for their propagation as much as those 
insects are indebted to them for their honey and the pollen which they 
obtain from them. It is this connection between things different in them- 
selves that evidences most strongly the work of a master mind; and the 
mutual support that each affords the other is a fitting illustration of the 
manner by which members of this Society may promote its usefulness, and 
secure its stability and its permanence. 
OFFICERS AND COUNCIL, 1887-8. 
The following officers and Council for the ensuing year were 
then elected :— President, Hon. A. C. Gregory, C.M.G., M.L.C., 
F.R.G.S., F.G.S., &c. ; Vice-President, A. Norton, M.L.A.; Counci/, 
F. M. Bailey, F.L.S.; L. A. Bernays, F.0S.> 2 Siirleytac, 
C. W. De Vis, M.A.; and G. Watkins, Esq. Dr. J. Bancroft and 
Mr. H. ‘Tryon were reappointed to the posts of hon. Secretary and 
Treasurer respectively, no other members having been nominated 
for that office. 
VOTE OF THANKS. 
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At the conclusion of the presidential address, a vote of thanks 
was accorded to Mr. A. Norion, M.L.A., on the motion of Dr. 
J. Bancroft. 
Special votes of thanks were granted as follows :—-To the 
Retiring Officers and Council, on.the motion of Mr. D. O’Connor, 
seconded by Mr. W. Fryar; to the Honorary Secretary, Mr H. 
Tryon, on the motion of Mr. J. Thorpe, seconded by Mr. D. 
O’Connor; and to the Auditor, Mr. D. O’Connor, on the motion 
of Mr. Shirley, B.Sc., seconded by Mr. G. Watkins. 
CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 
The Chairman then made allusion to the fact that the late 
Council had taken into consideration the creation of additional 
corresponding members, and had selected several savants, subject 
to their consent, for the honour sought to be bestowed. ‘This 
action having been approved of by the meeting, the following cor- 
responding members were created :—Sir James Hector, K.C.M.G., 
