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PRESIDENT S ADDRESS. 



It is satisfactory to be able to point to the continued prospe- 

 rity of our Club as regards members and financial condition. 

 Our roll of members now contains more names than at any for- 

 mer period, and though the bulk, and consequently the expense 

 of our printed Transactions has of late years greatly increased, 

 this has been accomplished without overstepping the limits of 

 our income. Looking, indeed, to the number and character of 

 the papers and illustrations contained in these volumes, we may 

 fairly consider that we receive the full value of our subscriptions 

 in this way alone. Nevertheless the Treasurer's statements 

 show that every year there must be a considerable number of 

 defaulters in the matter of subscriptions, and it cannot be too 

 strongly urged upon all members that the punctual payment of 

 these is essential to the efficient working of the Club, and that 

 the greater the pecuniary means at the disposal of the Com- 

 mittee, the more fully will they be able to sustain or even to 

 increase the well-earned reputation of the district as to its Natu- 

 ral History literature. The following statement is in continua- 

 tion of one given by Mr. Norman in his address five years ago, 

 and shows the progress of the Club in numbers, financial condi- 

 tion, and publications : — 



President. 



Mem- 

 bers 

 elect- 

 ed. 



Total 

 Mem- 

 bers. 



Receipts. 



Expenditure 



Transactions 

 published. 



Pages. 



138 



Plates. 

 3 



1865 Rev. A. Norman, M. A. ... 



81 



573 



£210 6 



£195 10 



1866 Rev. J. C. Bruce, LL.D. ... 



43 





152 14 2 



106 7 



1S2 



8 



1867 Rev. Angus Bethune, M.A. 



52 





1S1 14 4 



1S9 10 6 



316 



2 



1868 E. J. J. Browell, Esq 



43 





158 4 8 



137 16 9 



301 



6 



1869 Rev. R. F. Wheeler, M.A. 



40 





165 17 3 



200 13 8 



250 



9 



1870 Geo. S. Brady, C.M.Z.S ... 



51 



590 



190 18 9* 



225 12 8 



307 



11 



The part of Transactions shortly to be issued to our members 

 has involved a greater outlay than any preceding one both for 

 plates and printing ; and in order to lighten this drain upon our 

 funds, the Committee of the Natural History Society has gener- 

 ously voted a grant of £20 to the Field Club in aid of the work : 



* This sum includes a donation of £20 from the Natural History Society. 



