PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



Gentlemen, 



It is the duty of each retiring President at the close of 

 his year of office to read a short address. I therefore offer a 

 few remarks as to the past season, but sincerely regret that my 

 unfortunate illness for the last three months — the greater part 

 of the time I was confined to my bed, and experienced much 

 suffering — has prevented me saying so much as I should have 

 liked to have done. I must therefore ask you kindly to excuse 

 brevity under the circumstances. 



In the first place, I wish to thank all the members of the 

 Council for their kind assistance to' me during the time that I 

 have so unworthily had the honor of occupying the chair, more 

 Specially to our Vice-President, Mr. W. West, who has so 

 kindly taken my duties during my unavoidable absence, and for 

 his kind attention to me whenever he was able to call and see 

 me while I was suffering and in trouble. 



From information that I obtained from our worthy Secretary, 

 I regret to learn that the list of members has somewhat decreased 

 in numbers during the last year, but sincerely hope that before 

 long we may get new members to join our society, and thus add 

 to our yearly income, which is so very necessary. All 

 members should as much as possible try and get their entomo- 

 logical friends who are not already members, to join us. 



