TRANSACTIONS 



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BUSINESS MEExma. 



Saturday, January 2, 1875. 



A stated meeting of the Society was holden at 11 o'clock, 

 according to notification. 



The meeting was called to order by William C. Strong, the 

 retiring President, who reviewed the progress of the Society for 

 the past four years, in the following address : 



Address of President William C. Strong. 



Members of the Society : — 



I cannot leave the position, which by your kindness I have 

 occupied for the past four years, without expressing my deep 

 sense of gratitude for the honor of this relation and for the 

 entire harmony and uniform courtesy which have characterized 

 our pi'occedings, and which have combined to render the duties 

 of presiding oflScer both easy and agreeable. 



During this time we have witnessed no marked events, no 

 great changes in our history. Like Nature's type, ours has 

 been a uniform, imperceptible, but constant, and consequently 

 we may believe a most healthy growth. 



In the course of nature, we have lost several esteemed and 

 active members, of whose memory we have made suitable record, 



