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several county institutions have been hitherto invariably chosen. 

 Such of these objections as seemed to need explanation were 

 explained, and it was considered that the others were not material 

 ones ; but I deem it due to you, the officers and council, no less 

 than to myself, that I should satisfy you that these, and, indeed, 

 several other matters, were not forgotten. But a review of one's 

 short-comings, however useful to the individual himself, can 

 scarcely interest any one else. As you, gentlemen, are pleased to 

 confirm the choice made by your officers and council, I gratefully 

 accept the appointment. All I can promise you will be zeal and 

 industry in your service ; for I can pretend to bring before you 

 but one subject, and this, however important to the Avelfare of 

 the neighbourhood, can hardly be made generally interesting. If 

 the duties which your officers and council thought fit to devolve 

 on me during the past season were performed to your satisfaction, 

 it was to them we owed our success ; and I trust we shall not 

 appeal to them in vain for a continuance of the same invaluable 

 assistance whilst I attempt to discharge the graver duties your 

 kindness has now assigned me. Permit me, gentlemen, to offer 

 my warmest and most grateful thanks for the honour you have 

 been pleased to confer on me. That honour, however, derives a 

 ten-fold value in my eyes, from having been conferred in the 

 neighbourhood of which I am a native, and by those who have 

 known me from my youth. 



The following Eesolutions were passed unanimously : — 



That the thanks of the Society be given to the Officers 

 and Council for their services during the past year ; and that the 

 following gentlemen form the Council for the ensuing year : — 



Me. HENWOOD, President. 



Vice-Presidents. 



Eev. T. Phillpotts, 



Mb. Hugh Seymour Tkemenheeee, 



Mr. Smikke, V.W., 

 Me. Augustus Smith, 

 Me. Roberts, 



Me. Tweedy, Treasurer. 



James Jago, M.D., and Mr. Whitley, Secretaries. 



Assistant Secretary, Me. H. M. Whitley. 



Other Members. 



Me. H. Andrew, 

 C. Barham, M.D., 

 Eev. De. Bannister, 

 Eev. J. E. Cornish, M.A., 

 Mr. John James, 



Me. a. p. Nix, 

 Mr. Alexander Paull, 

 Mr. G. F. Eemfey, 

 Eev. H. S. Slight, 

 Me. W. Tweedy. 



