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undertaken to worthily reproduce these drawings, and feel 

 sure that future naturalists will find them valuable aids to the 

 study of the interesting organisms to rtrhich they relate. 



There are many other topics to which I ought to allude, but 

 the clock warns me to be brief. I will therefore only urge those 

 who have not yet contributed towards the expense of furnishing 

 our room in this college to do so at once according to their 

 means. The total expenditure has been i;269, of which £194: have 

 been subscribed by a portion only of the members. The balance 

 £75, if subscribed /)rn mUi by those who have not yet 

 contributed to the fund, would be only a small sum each, and I 

 trust our treasurer will, at our next annual meeting, have the 

 pleasure of reporting that he has received the whole amount 

 now owing by the Society. 



A large sum has been expended in the purchase of valuable 

 books, by which the Library has been greatly enriched. If 

 our funds were larger our Library would grow more rapidly in 

 extent and usefulness ; and if more members would subscribe 

 an additional half-guinea annually to the Apparatus Fund our 

 Microscopes could be inci'eased in number to our mutual 

 advantage and convenience. I feel sure it is only necessary for 

 the attention of many of our members to be directed to this 

 subject to ensure an increase in the amount of the subscriptions. 



I must now bring my remarks to a close. We enjoy a 

 great privilege in being permitted to hold our weekly meetings 

 in this noble College. If we are true to our convictions of the 

 value of Natural Science studies we shall each one of us do 

 our utmost to induce others to join our ranks and participate in 

 this and our other privileges, and we shall never rest content 

 until our numbers are largely increased, and the study of natural 

 objects has become a pursuit and a passion to hundi'eds in this 

 busy town who at present know nothing about them. 



