ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT. CXIX 



Evening Meetings ; but I think I may also say that there are none 

 who take a Uvelier interest in the welfare and prosperity of the 

 Society. And whether it will be our destiny long to occupy these 

 apartments, with which our existence almost seems identified, or 

 whether we shall one day find ourselves located in some scientific 

 palace in juxtaposition with other scientific bodies, I trust that you 

 will ever find me taking the same warm interest as now in our pro- 

 ceedings, and ready to afford all the assistance in my power towards 

 furthering the objects of our common cause. I congratulate you on 

 the choice of my successor, which you have this day made. I feel 

 that I resign this Chair to one who is intimately acquainted with all 

 the details of the Society, to one who has long lived and moved and 

 spoken amongst us, — who is thoroughly acquainted with every branch 

 of our science, and who will at the same time impart fresh vigour to 

 our proceedings, and give additional interest to the further progress 

 of geological research. 



