100 OUTGOING PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



belonged to our Societe for many years; Miss de Guerin, 

 who was for so long a most valued member of our Council 

 and an unfailing attendant at our meetings, and, finally, 

 Mr. Collenette, one of the few surviving original members of 

 our Societe, whose life work, both Geological and Meteor- 

 ological is an invaluable contribution to our Records. We 

 can all testify to the marvellous way, he as an old man, 

 memorized on our behalf long columns of facts and figures 

 when his eyesight was too bad for him to read them. It is 

 only those who have worked with them who can realize what 

 a loss such members are to us all. 



And now, in conclusion, at the risk of repetition, I must 

 personally thank the Board of the Guille-Alles Library, not 

 only for its gratuitous loan of a room and a lantern for our 

 meetings, but also for its liberal assistance in giving us <( a 

 happy issue out of all our afflictions " ; also the members of 

 our Council for their unfailing help and support of a 

 President who was very new to her duties ; and to you all for 

 having been such loyal attendants at our meetings. 



It is the privilege of the outgoing President to nominate 

 his — or her — -successor, and I have much pleasure in telling 

 you that Sir Havilland de Sausmarez, our future Bailiff, has 

 consented to be our new President; I could not leave the 

 Societe in better hands. 



