Presidential Address. хххі 
recently been adopted by at least one London society. It is, however, 
hard upon the investigators, and would be particularly hard upon the 
younger members of our Institute, workers who are seldom in receipt of 
a salary which provides more than a bare subsistence. 
(5.) The levy on the local societies might be raised to 10s. per copy of 
the Transactions. The volume is certainly worth this sum. 
(6.) The levy on the societies might be dropped altogether and the 
volume supplied only to those members who desired it, a sum being charged 
which would pay for the cost of production. I fear that the introduction 
of this method at the present time of general stringency might increase 
rather than diminish our financial difficulties. 
contributed by younger members. 
he above suggestions I commend to the earnest attention of the Board 
of Governors, feeling sure that their deliberative wisdom will enable the 
Institute to escape from a situation which, though embarrassing, is certainly 
not to be regarded as desperate. 
