422 Anniversary Address. 



Formerly it was the custom of Presidents, in their 

 Anniversary Addresses to give an account of the year's 

 proceedings of the Club, going over in detail the 

 different monthly meetings, and recording everything of 

 value and interest discovered by the members at each ; 

 but our enthusiastic, erudite, and much appreciated 

 Secretary, Mr Hardy, now takes that burden and duty 

 upon himself, and does it in a way, to which I, and I 

 fancy most of us, could never hope or aspire to attain. 

 He, to-day, will favour us with a short resume' of the 

 year's work, which will appear in fuller detail in the 

 published Proceedings. I am glad to think that the 

 meetings have been not less interesting than usual, and 

 that those held during my tenure of office, will compare 

 .favourably with the meetings of former years. The 

 places selected all proved very attractive, the weather on 

 each occasion was favourable, the attendance of members 

 was large, the meetings were every one successful, (on 

 three occasions their success was in no small degree 

 heightened through the kindness and generous hospitality 

 of Mr Collingwood, at Glanton Pyke ; of Mr Bertram, at 

 Cranshaws ; and of Mr Howey : Taylor, at Beadnell) : and 

 all who we're fortunate in being present, went home with 

 happy recollections of the day's outing. 



The Club is old, and its members have to mourn that 

 scarcely any of those who shared in the first decade of 

 its history, are now left to take part in its meetings, 

 and to tell us of the old memorable days when they were 

 privileged to unearth Nature's treasures — till then unknown 

 and unrecorded; but the objects for which the Club 

 exists, and was so happily instituted, never glow old or 

 lose any of their powers to interest. Years may pass, 

 and generation after generation may be born, and live, 

 and die, and every one of these may excel its 

 predecessors in zeal and intelligence to discover and 

 elucidate ; yet still there will ever remain fresh ground to 

 be taken up, undiscovered treasures to reward the seeker. 

 For why ? the search is after the works and doings of 



