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without expressing the pleasure I have had in working with 

 the members, and my gratification at the useful work the 

 Society has accomplished. I think it would be very difficult 

 to find, away from the centres of learning, any other locality 

 where such a mass of scientific data has been compiled, and 

 that, too, almost entirely by amateurs, who have willingly 

 given much time and great attention to their special branches 

 of study. I sincerely hope that under the leadership of our 

 new President, the Society will enter upon a fresh term of 

 successful activity. 



