ANNIVEKSARY ADDKESS. 



Buffalo, 1886. 

 Brought forward... 1256 

 Honorary Fellows ... 1 



Fellows 629 





37 



New York, 1887. 



/ 



1288 





1 





667 





1886 1956 



I regret that I cannot give similar details with respect to the 

 Swiss, French, German, Russian, and other associations, but the 

 idea of speaking of the associations, other than our own, did not 

 occur to me until too late to procure full information relating to 

 any except the American. Closely connected with the meetings 

 of the Associations on general Science are the various congresses 

 or associations for special purposes, and it may probably interest 

 some of the members to know that there is to be a Congress 

 of Geologists at the American International Exhibition to 

 be held in Chicago in 1892. The Geological Congress was 

 originated at the Philadelphia Exhibition in 1876, and has since 

 held meetings at the Paris Exhibition in 1878 ; at Bologna in 

 1881 ; at Berlin in 1885 • and in London 1888, and is doing much 

 valuable work in a quiet Avay. 



In my remarks this evening I have purposely gone over some 

 ground covered by my last address, since I know by experience 

 that in order to get things properly understood, initiated, and 

 brought to a successful issue, it is often necessary to bring them 

 forward more than once, hence I trust I shall receive your forgive- 

 ness if it appears that I have been unnecessarily referring to 

 matters which have already been considered. 



The Presidency. — It is very gratifying to me personally and 

 doubtless also to all the members to find that Dr. Leibius has at 

 last consented to allow himself to be nominated for the office of 

 President. Dr. Leibius has been a member of the Society for the 

 past 31 years, and was one of the honorary secretaries from 1875 

 to 1886, and I have very much pleasure in testifying to the 



