20 ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS. 
most central and suitable place he considers is Sydney. The site — 
granted by the Government is in a pleasant and convenient situa- 4 
tion at Watson’s Bay. The building, now approaching completion, 
is a neat cottage providing five work-rooms and two bed-rooms, 
besides store-room and bath-room in the basement. It is not in 
tended to make a charge for each table or work-room, as at Naples, 
but every naturalist making use of the building will be expected 
to contribute a small sum, say 5s. a week, towards paying a care. 
taker. It is not supposed that this will meet current expenses, : 
and I have ventured to express the hope that this Society will not — 
only contribute at present to the cost of building, but will here- 
after grant an annual sum for maintenance. The first should be 
done by individual members, the second by the Council on behalf — 
of the Society generally. The Royal Society of Victoria, in con- x 
junction with members of other three Societies there, have agreed 
to give a subscription for the building, and an annual sum for — 
maintenance, and the Royal Society of N. 8. Wales will not, I 2 
trust, be behindhand in this scientific enterprise, especially as our — | 
metropolis will have the honor of setting agoing the first zoological 
station or biological laboratory in the southern hemisphere. , 
ConcLusion. | 
With this address my duties as President come to an end ; and as . 
soon as I have read to you the report of the scrutineers on the ballot 
just taken I will cede the Chair to my successor. I will simply 
in conclusion express the pleasure I have had in presiding over : 
your meetings, and my hope that your newly elected President 
will have an equally pleasant year of office, and have as much 
solid work to pass in review as has been accomplished in the past 
year. 
