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on having secured the services of the Rev. J. J. 

 Marshall L. Aiken, B.D., for this office. He accepted 

 the post with some hesitancy, but we believe that we 

 have hit upon the right man. He has already given 

 evidence of great aptness for the part, and he promises 

 to maintain the high standard of excellence in his work 

 which characterized his predecessors. 



I have received from G P. Hughes, Esq., F.R.G.S., a 

 full Report of the Meetings of the British 

 Delegate to Association at Southport in September 

 British last, which he attended as delegate from 



Association, this Club. Mr Hughes thanks the members 

 for the confidence which they have shown 

 in appointing him to the office. The Report contains also 

 interesting accounts of some mountaineering in Wales, 

 and an ascent of Ben Nevis ; but, as it will be read 

 in full at a later stage of the meeting, further reference 

 to it at present is unnecessary. 



In addressing a meeting of the Berwickshire Naturalists' 

 Club, which places Nature first in its 

 Subject of researches, one has the feeling that the 

 Address. subject ought to be something that falls 



within the scope of Natural History. But 

 the Reports of the Proceedings of former years show 

 that the work and researches of the Club are not confined 

 to Natural History alone. The original aim of the work 

 of the Club remains unchanged. Nature in all its varied 

 aspects still holds the first place in the interests and 

 researches of its members, and the Proceedings of every 

 year give evidence of their diligence. We can reckon 

 among our members distinguished geologists, zoologists, 

 botanists, aboriculturists, ornithologists, and entomologists, 

 who are constantly enriching the records of our Proceedings 

 by their contributions. But the Club, without withdrawing 

 in the least from this sphere of work, has in recent 

 years given considerable attention to antiquarian, archa3o- 

 logical, and historical subjects. The late Dr Hardy gave 



