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26th April, 1004. 



Mr. William Swanston, F.G.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



PRESENTATION TO MR. S. A. STEWART, 

 A.L.S., F.B.S. 



The Presentation was made jointly by the Society and the Belfast 

 Naturalists' Field Club on the occasion of the election of Mr. 

 Stewart as an Associate of the Linnean Society. 



The Chairman said there was no one in Belfast, or perhaps in 

 Ireland, who had done so much for natural history in its various 

 departments. He had done a great deal for botany and geology, 

 and also, though it was not generally known, for zoology. He 

 stood at the top of the tree in natural history. He (the Chairman) 

 regretted the absence of the President, which was unavoidable, and 

 hoped that Mr. Stewart would long continue to enjoy the honour 

 that had been conferred on him. 



Mr. W. J. Fennell said, as President of the Belfast Naturalists' 

 Field Club, he would like to add, on behalf of their members, an 

 expression of the high esteem and regard in which they, one and 

 all, held their old friend and companion. The address was an 

 official one, but no words could justly express their admiration for 

 a veteran who had made no enemies and retained the fast love 

 of a long roll of friends. For forty years he had worked for 

 and with the club, which he helped to found, and now, at last, he 

 had received a high distinction. He was still the living encyclo- 

 pedia to whom many of them gladly turned when seeking 

 information, which was always cheerfully given. There were 

 comparatively few men whose records were so quiet and so 



