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Mr Hughes said it had struck him very forcibly that the 

 Club, by receiving the resignations, was placed in a very 

 much inferior position to that which it had occupied for the 

 last two years. They were flattering themselves and, indeed, 

 at the British Association he had said that the Berwickshire 

 Naturalists' Club was enjoying a very great advantage by 

 the positions of Editing and Organizing Secretary being filled 

 by men of the very first qualification. Unfortunately, at that 

 meeting they had to deal with their resignations. The Club 

 would be in considerable straits in finding a Secretary to fill 

 the Editing post. They might congratulate themselves that 

 Captain Norman, with his zeal and pood nature and hearty 

 appreciation of the value of such a Club as that, consented 

 to act for another year. He regretted very much indeed that 

 they were losing Mr Butler, whose qualifications eminently 

 fitted him for the position. It was for them to record most 

 emphatically the great obligation under which they had 

 been placed by Mr Butler's accepting the office of Editing 

 Secretary, at a time when they were in difficulties as to 

 finding a Secretary. They accorded him very hearty thanks, 

 and wished him good health for the future. 



Captain Norman expressed his thanks to Mr Short for 

 the kind words which he had used in appreciation of his 

 services. He could assure the Club that he highly valued 

 that expression of encouragement, and hoped he should 

 continue to deserve it. He had done all he could to make 

 the meetings a success, and he thought it was only fair to 

 say that in a great measure the success they had enjoyed 

 was due to Mr Goodchild, who, though at inconvenience to 

 himself, had attended them, and from his great knowledge, 

 and the ready way he had of imparting it, had been of 

 much advantage to the members and to the objects of the 

 meetings. 



MEETINGS FOR 1903. 



The following meetings were arranged for 1903: — May, 

 Earlston for Black Hill ; June, Ross and Budle Bay ; July, 

 Eildon Hills ; August, Dunstanburgh ; September, Dalkeith ; 

 October, Berwick. 



