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By NELSON MOORE RICHARDSON, Esq., B.A. 

 (Read May 9th, 1916.) 



REGRET to say that the hope that I expressed at 

 the beginning of my Address a year ago that 

 the War might have come to an end before 

 this, our next Annual Meeting, has not been 

 realised, and we have continued our work in a 

 modified form by holding only indoor Meetings 

 for the reading of papers. Though we have 

 several of our younger members serving with our forces, 

 I am glad to be able to say that so far they have all been 

 spared to us, with the exception of Commander T. C. A. 

 Blomefield, R.N., who died nobly fighting for his country in 

 action in the Persian Gulf. His naval duties rarely left 

 him free to attend our meetings, but both he and Mrs. 

 Blomefield took great interest in Antiquarian matters, and 

 I was always pleased to welcome them amongst us. And 

 here I feel that whilst speaking of the War, I should like, 



