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We have lost three members by death : 
“W. T. Sturt died November, 1896, but, owing to some 
unfortunate reticence on the part of his relatives, his de- 
cease was not made known to us until recently. He was 
elected a member of the Society in 1889, and was for some 
time a frequent attendant at the meetings. 
Joseph William Dunning, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S., 
died somewhat suddenly on 15th October last. He was 
elected an honorary member of the Society in 1886, and 
was known to many of you as a large-hearted genial friend. 
George Christopher Dennis, F.E.S., died December, 
1897. He was elected a country member of the Society 
in 18go. 
In conclusion I desire to express to you, gentlemen, my 
appreciation of the honour you did me in electing me your 
President, and to the officers of the Society my sincere 
thanks for their untiring courtesy and assistance throughout 
my term of office, and in vacating the chair in favour of Mr. 
Tutt, whose good qualities as an energetic and persevering 
naturalist are too well known to you to need any comment 
at my hands, I look forward with the greatest confidence to 
the increased usefulness of the Society and its consequent 
prosperity. 
ROBERT ADKIN: 
