CXXviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May I906. 



thanks to the Officers and permanent officials, to the Council, and 

 to the general body of the Fellows, for the invariable kindness that 

 I have received and the assistance rendered to me during the two 

 years in which I have occupied this Chair, I am making no coldly- 

 formal recognition of the benefits extended to me — benefits which 

 have made my term one full of happiness. 



You have shown by your selection of my successor, who is now 

 for the second time President, that you are aware that an important 

 event in the history of the Society will mark the period of his 

 occupation of the Chair. I refer to the celebration of the Centenary 

 of our foundation. 



We all wish that this celebration may be observed in a fitting 

 manner, and have ensured the fulfilment of our wish by the election 

 of Sir Archibald Geikie to the Presidency. 



