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Walker, Whalton ; Eev. J. Muirhead, Westruther ; Eev. J. 

 Burleigh, Ednam ; Eev. Beverley S. Wilson, Durham; Messrs 

 W. B. Boyd, Faldonside ; Eichard Stephenson, Chapel ; Peter 

 Loney, Edinburgh ; W. Maddan, Berwick ; E. G. Bolam, Ber- 

 wick ; George Bolam, F.Z.S., Berwick; E. S. Weir, South 

 Shields ; H. Hewat Craw, West Foulden ; A. L. Miller, Berwick ; 

 E. Amos, Alnwick ; W. Weston, Alnwick ; George Fortune, 

 Duns; John Ford, Duns; J. Stevenson, jun., Berwick, and 

 others. 



president's address, retirement or MR MIDDLEMAS, TREASURER, 

 AND APPOINTMENT OF JOINT SECRETARY. 



The President delivered the annual address, in the course of 

 which he referred to the impending resignation of the Club's 

 Treasurer, Mr Middlemas, and the proposal to appoint a Joint 

 Secretary to act along with Dr Hardy. He said — " It is matter 

 of great regret to the Club that our Treasurer, Mr Middlemas, 

 finds it impossible to continue in office. I am sure we all appre- 

 ciate the zeal and capacity he has displayed in the furtherance 

 of our interests during the long period in which he has so 

 successfully managed the finances of the Club. We accept his 

 resignation with reluctance and regret ; we heartily thank him 

 for his long, able, and valuable services ; and we trust he may 

 see many happy days in the enjoyment of his well-earned leisure. 

 Important changes have also to be faced in connection with the 

 Secretaryship. Fortunately, we are still to have the inestimable 

 benefit of Dr Hardy's supervision and guidance, and these I trust 

 we shall continue to have for many years, but we must all 

 sympathise with the desire which Dr Hardy has expressed to be 

 relieved of some of the duties which his advanced years forbid 

 him any longer to undertake. In making the necessary appoint- 

 ments to-day, I cannot doubt that the Club will exercise that 

 sound discretion which has always marked its decisions on 

 matters of importance." 



The Treasurer, in submitting his financial statement for the 

 year, thanked the President for the manner in which he had 

 spoken of his services, and expressed the great pleasure he had 

 always experienced in his official connection with the Club, and 

 the deep regret with which he found it necessary to ask the 

 members to relieve him of his office. He was glad to be able to 

 report that financial prosperity continued to attend the Club. 



