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Science is looked upon, not merely as a dry system of facts classed 

 and well ari'anged, but as aiding and assisting in the various labours 

 of the bulk of mankind, the Society must render itself useful to be 

 valued by the public. Taking this view of the case, and in no way 

 wishing to see a discontinuation of the valuable papers on descrip- 

 tive Entomology, so many of which will be found in our ' Transactions,' 

 I am anxious to direct the attention of our members to the import- 

 ance of attending more to the natural-history of insects ; tlieir habits 

 and economy; their bearing upon man, as injuries effected or 

 beneficial results produced ; to show, in fact, tliat the entomologist 

 is capable of working for the good of those around him. This 

 branch of Entomology will be found to possess peculiar charms, 

 drawing the student into the fields, and there, with the great book of 

 Nature open before him, he will find much to interest, much to 

 observe, much to instruct, and he will, moreover, with observations, 

 well directed, be able to bring home a store of knowledge useful to 

 himself and his fellow-men. 



I cannot conclude, without offering to the ofiicers of the Society 

 and the members at large my best thanks for the kindness I have 

 experienced at their hands during the last year, and proffering 

 my best wishes for the prosperity of the Entomological Society and 

 the advance of that Science to which I have been so many years 

 devotedly attached. 



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