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occupied this chair. We can only regret that his active and 
useful life has been so prematurely cut short. 
In reviewing the proceedings of the past year, I am glad to iind 
that we have had an increase of seven members, and that our funds 
are in a fairly satisfactory condition. 
Among the papers submitted to us, and which our limited space 
enables us to print, I may perhaps call your attention to a memoir 
of one of our Norfolk worthies, Mr. Samuel Woodward, whose 
labours in the cause of science, together with those of other mem- 
bers of his family, have made the name they bear known and 
respected throughout the scientific world. When we consider Mr. 
Woodward’s early disadvantages, and his untimely death, the 
amount of work which he accomplished, and the value of that 
work become the more remarkable. On the monument to his 
memory in St. Stephen’s churchyard is inscribed, “Whatsoever thy 
hand findeth to do. do it with thy might;” and in these words we 
have probably the clue to his success. It is exceedingly appro- 
priate that the interesting memoir which appears in our volume 
should have been contributed by Ins grandson. 
Mr. Bridgman gives us another of his valuable additions to the 
Entomological Fauna of our county. Few but those engaged in 
scientific work can understand the amount of labour and time 
which tlie preparation of such a list involves. 
Our invaluable Secretary, Mr. Southwell, has contributed a 
paper on “Norfolk Decoys,” now well nigh things of the past, 
which subject lie has handled in his usually interesting and 
exhaustive way. 
At our June meeting, Mr. G. II. Asker favoured us with an 
interesting discourse on the Microphone, introducing a field of 
study upon which we had not before entered. I trust that this 
departure may be taken as a precedent for the future ; for the 
broader the basis on which our Society rests, the more easy will it 
be to keep up the interest of our meetings. 
We continue to publish the valuable Ornithological and Meteoro- 
logical notes of Messrs. Stevenson and Quinton, which have so 
greatly added to the value of our Transactions in past years. 
