XXVI 



President's Address for the year 1876. 



There is surely, then, enough to do. I have often found 

 that most interesting and valuable information has been 

 withheld because of a fear that it was of too trivial a nature, 

 not original, or not sufficiently scientific. It is easier to 

 make mistakes in this direction than in the opposite, for as 

 a rule the Council will always exercise its discretion for the 

 exclusion of contributions manifestly unworthy the attention 

 of the members. If we each do our best for the advancement 

 of knowledge we shall all do something, and I am sure the 

 result will redound to the credit of this Society, as well as 

 of the country we now belong to. 



