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received the generous assistance of the officers and of every member 

 of the club. I cannot forget that I am the only officer left of the 

 original number, for both Professor Buckman and the Rev. H. H. 

 Wood have been called away. The choice of their successors 

 has in no wise marred the progress and popularity of the club, 

 the increasing number of their members testifying to the 

 efficiency of their administration. The selection last year of 

 our Vice- President and Treasurer (Mr. 0. Pickard-Cambridge) 

 by the Fellows of the Royal Society, to be one of their 

 number, has added lustre to the Club. The Secretary's (Mr. 

 Morton Stuart) ability as an administrator, and the efficient editor 

 of the " Proceedings " of the Club, as well as the author of several 

 memoirs and papers, has also contributed towards our popularity. 

 I hope I may be forgiven for taking this opportunity of congra- 

 tulating Mr. 0. Pickard-Cambridge on the success of his two sons, 

 Arthur and Owen, at Oxford, where they have distinguished them- 

 selves by getting respectively the Baliol and Brackenbury Scholar- 

 ships. A similar success on the part of two brothers at the same 

 time must be a rare occurrence in the records of the University. The 

 many hints I have been lately receiving forcibly tell me that human 

 strength of mind and body has its limits, and painfully remind 

 me that both must yield to the progress of time. I tender 

 to you now, with much sorrow, my resignation; at the same time I 

 offer you my heartfelt thanks for the unvaried kindness and 

 consideration which I have invariably received from the first day of 

 my Presidentship until the present moment I need not assure 

 you that my interest in the prosperity of the club will remain 

 undiminished to the last. Farewell ! 



