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ADDRESS 



DELIVERED BEFORE THE 



WEST KENT NATURAL HISTORY, 

 MICROSCOPICAL and PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, 



BY 



The President, H. F. BI LUNG HURST, Esq., F.5.S. 



On March 21th, 1901. 



Gentlemen, 



It is the custom of this Society, in common with societies 

 of a like character whose raison d'etre is the consideration of 

 scientific subjects, for the President annually to deliver an 

 address to the members, presumably bearing on the in- 

 vestigations or progress, either locally or generally, of the 

 particular subjects which come within the ken of the Society. 

 Now, as your President, called upon to deliver the Annual 

 Address, with every desire to do my duty in this respect, I 

 feel conscious of my inability to do so satisfactorily, inasmuch 

 as my actual knowledge of any of the subjects which come 

 within our scope is so very limited that any remarks I might 

 make thereon would necessarily be addressed to those who 

 are better informed in the matter than I am myself. 



Under these circumstances I propose to confine my 

 address to the consideration of a subject which is of para- 

 mount interest to us all, and has been especially so during 

 the past year, whether we be members of the West Kent 

 Natural History, Microscopical and Photographic Society, 

 or whether we look upon the matter merely as members of 

 the community at large, and which after all is not irrelevant 

 to the objects of this Society, as it may well be included in 

 the study of Natural History and Natural Products. I refer 



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