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ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE TYNESIDE 
NATURALISTS’ FIELD CLUB, 
DELIVERED AT THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING, HELD 
APRIL 21st, 1849. 
GENTLEMEN,—In consequence of the unavoidable absence, and 
the numerous engagements, of our respected President, the Vicar 
of Newcastle, it has fallen to the lot of your Secretaries, under 
the direction of the Committee, to lay before you a statement of 
the proceedings of the Club during the past year. But, before 
giving, in detail, an account of the different Field Meetings, it may 
not be out of place to make a few remarks on the state and pros- 
pects of the Club, and also to notice what has been done by some 
of our members, in promoting a knowledge of the natural history 
of the district, independently of our regular meetings. The 
number of members, in our first printed list, was 87. The number 
on the list, as corrected to April, 1849, is 100, thus showing an 
increase of thirteen, notwithstanding that there have been twelve 
deaths, or resignations, since the first establishment of the Club. 
It was not to be expected that the number of members would ma- 
terially increase ; but it is gratifying to be able thus to show 
that there is so considerable a number of persons, in the district, 
who take an interest in the objects for the promotion of which 
the Club was established. During the past, as well as the pre- 
ceding years of the existence of the Society, several valuable and 
interesting papers have been read. Most of these have either 
been printed in full, or in abstract. Considerable progress has like- 
wise been made towards the formation of accurate lists of the differ. 
ent natural productions of the counties of Northumberland and 
Durham. Of the matter furnished towards the completion of this 
object, a considerable portion, as you are aware, has already ap- 
peared in your Transactions, and a good deal more is ready for 
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