PRESIDENTS ADDRESS. 



. Gentlemen, 



The time has now arrived when I must restore to 

 your hands the important trust you confided to me a year 

 ago, and when I am to have the privilege of addressing a few 

 words to you respecting the condition of our Club. 



The year we have just passed through has, I am happy to 

 say, been very prosperous, both financially and in the increase 

 of Members, no less than sixteen new names being added to 

 our ranks ; which prosperity is due, I think, to two or three 

 causes. What I consider the principal, is the change of 

 residence. This present room, although less expensive,, is far 

 more commodious and convenient to the majority of our 

 Members than the last ; but there is still room for improve- 

 ment. At the same time, it will not do for us to be con- 

 tinually changing our abode. When our numerical strength 

 increases, and we outgrow our present residence, then will be 

 the time to look out for another. We must bear in mind the 

 old proverb, " A rolling stone gathers no moss," and apply it 

 to our Society, for a moving Society gathers no members. 



At the beginning of the year it was thought desirable, by 

 the majority of the Members, to add to the title the words 

 Natural History, thus altering the constitution of the Club, 

 by admitting papers upon any Natural History subject. I 

 am sorry to say that very few have availed themselves of the 

 opportunity afforded them. It would have been very grati- 

 fying to have had a paper and discussion every meeting. 

 Perhaps, in the ensuing Session, Members will bear this hint 

 in mind, and give us something to think about, as well as to 

 see. There is very little doubt, that many who now seldom 



