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amongst them in all ranks of life, and I have made many 

 friends whose acquirements and tastes would, to say the least, 

 make them very desirable acquisitions to our Club, and, in 

 some cases, to the more specialized learned Societies. It is 

 pleasant to think that the late visit of the British Association 

 to Australia has brought us into nearer scientific touch with a 

 people to whom we are under such a deep debt of gratitude 

 for their noble response and help in the present w r ar. 



