2 ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS 



I was unable to be present at the most important of the 

 Field Meetings, and consequently could take no active 

 part in the work and business of the Club. In the 

 circumstances I felt that the honour of the office and 

 the interests of the Club called for resignation of the 

 Presidency, and I offered it through Captain Norman. 

 But you added to the greatness of the honour, and placed 

 me under deeper obligations of gratitude, by refusing to 

 accept resignation, and by conveying to me your sympathy 

 and good wishes for restoration to health. For all this 

 kindness and forbearance I most sincerely thank you. 

 The disappointment of the past adds zest to the pleasure 

 of meeting you to-day. While thanking 

 Organizing all the members of the Club for their 

 Secretary. kindness, I am glad to have the oppor- 

 tunity of expressing publicly my sense 

 of indebtedness to Captain Norman for all that he has 

 done to make my position easy and free from anxiety 

 in the circumstances. Only those who are intimately 

 associated with him can fully appreciate the great services 

 which he renders to the Club. The one Field Meeting 

 which I was able to attend, that at Dalkeith and New- 

 battle Abbey, was a great success, and most enjo3'able 

 and instructive. So, I believe, were the other meetings 

 of the season. The success and enjoyment of all these 

 were due to Captain Norman's foresight, and to the excellent 

 planning and arrangements which he had made before- 

 hand. The Club is most fortunate in having him for 

 its Organizing Secretary. We owe him gratitude for his 

 labours in the past, and I am sure it gives us all pleasure 

 to know that he is still to continue to be our leader 

 and guide. 



When Mr 0. G. Butler, M.A., owing to the pressure 



of other work, resigned the post of 



Editing Editing Secretary, it was remitted to the 



Secretary. office-bearers of the Club to appoint a 



successor. I now congratulate the Club 



