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President's Address. 



[Feb. 



H. Blochmann, Esq , M. A. 



Captain J. Waterhouse. 



J. Wood-Mason, Esq. 



Dr. T. R. Lewis. 



Col. J. E. Gastrell. 



The Hon'ble E. C. Bayley, C. S. I. 



Col. H. Hyde, B. E. 



Babu Rajendralala Mitra. 



Dr. T. Oldham. 



Col. H. L. Thuillier, R. A., C. S. I. 



Babu Prannath Pundit, 



J. O'Kinealy, Esq. 



L. Schwendler, Esq. 



Dr. T. R, Lewis. 



Dr. S. B. Partridge. 



H. B. Medlicott, Esq. 



Col. J. E. Gastrell. 



H. Blochmann, Esq., M. A. 



J. Wood-Mason, Esq. 



Captain J. Waterhouse. 



Secretaries and Treasurer, 



\- Members of Council. 



J 



Messrs. Cay and Peterson were elected to audit the Annual Accounts 

 for 1874. 



The President then delivered the following address : — 



President's Address. 



After the report that has been just read to you, I have little to say 

 beyond "calling your attention to the Journal and to the work of the Editors 

 during the past year. 



On our Secretaries the work on this head has fallen very heavy and we 

 owe them no small debt of gratitude for the hours of labour, (hours snatched 

 as they must have been from that leisure so necessary to all of us), that 

 they have bestowed on the Journal for the good of this Society. 



Mr. Blochmann has so fully reported on Part I, that nothing is left 

 for me to add ; and I must turn then to Part 2nd. 



The most extensive contributor to Part II of our Journal during the 

 year under review has been Mr. Kurz, the Curator of the herbarium in the 

 Botanic Gardens. He has given us the first part of his contributions towards 

 our knowledge of the Burmese Flora, a work which when completed, will 

 extend to about 800 or 900 pages of letter press, and he has described several 

 new or imperfectly known Indian plants ; Mr. Kurtz has also contributed to 

 No. 4, which will be issued as soon as the index to the whole volume is 

 ready, a monograph to date of Burmese Palms, illustrated by 20 plates, 12 



