THE president's ADDRESS. 341 



I must apologize for the length of this address. "When this 

 Institution was established 61 years ago, only one other society, 

 the Greological, existed in Cornwall. Lately several new societies 

 and Institutes, with special objects, have come into existence, so 

 that it may become a legitimate subject for consideration, whether 

 or not it will be desirable in future to confine the objects of our 

 Institution within narrower limits. 



