INAUGUEAL ADDBESS 



ON 



ADVANCES IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DUBING 

 THE YICTOEIAN EEA. 



BY 



Isaac C. Thompson, P.L.S., Peesident. 

 (Plates I, II., III., IV.) 



[Read October 15th, 1897.] 



A decade has passed since the Liverpool Biological 

 Society was ushered into existence, and under the untir- 

 ing fostering care of its founder, it continues to hold a 

 prominent position among the scientific bodies of our 

 city. Most of those who took part in its inauguration 

 are happily still amongst us, and we cherish in fond 

 memory the names of Drysdale, Moore, Archer, and 

 others no longer with us, who added lustre to the Society 

 in its earlier days, and gave the charm of their presence 

 and personality to our gatherings. 



Through your kindness and goodwill your hitherto 

 Chancellor of the Exchequer is this evening raised to 

 the post of Prime Minister, enabling him to look 

 upon his confreres in a calm, unprejudiced manner, 

 without an eye to the coin of the realm, unfortunately 

 a necessary factor to the well-being of any organised 

 institution or society. 



As a topic for a presidential address I had already 

 commenced upon a subject of great interest, and affording 



