THE EUESlDENT’ij ADDRESS. 
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^[r. Stevenson died on tlio 18th of August, 1888. His family, 
originally from Isottinghanishirc, had for upwards of a century been 
proprietors of the ‘ Norfolk Chronicle,’ the management of which 
IMr. Stevenson only resigned when compelled thereto by ill health 
in lS8fi. Ho was Honorary Secretary of this l^Iuseum for nearly 
thirty-four years, and took a great interest both in the British Birds 
and in the llaptorial collection. 
Another member of our Society has passed away in the Bev. 
(,’hurchillBabington, D.l). lie wasa contributor to Sir ,1. Hooker’s 
Mournal of Botany,’ to the ‘Flora of New Zealand,’ the 
‘ Transactions of tlio Boyal Society of Literature,’ the Cambridge 
Anti(|uarian Society, and ‘ Watson’s Botanist’s Guide,’ and author 
of the ‘ Ornithology and Bohvny of Charnwood Forest, Lcicester- 
.shiro’ (1812), and of the ‘ Birds of Sull'olk’ (1881). 
l^Irs. Charles Foster, who has also passed away, though not 
attending the meetings, manifested a great interest in the Society. 
I am sorry to say that, besides those lost to us by death, ^Ir. 
()uinton informs me nine members have retired. On the other 
hand, wo have added thirteen now ones, and the numbers now 
stand — Honorary ISlembers, 15; Life Members, 30; Ordinary 
j\rembcrs, 223. 
Among the additions to our I.ibrary may be mentioned four 
volumes of the ‘ Ibis,’ and four of the ‘ Zoologist,’ from ^Ir. Geoffrey 
Buxton, and a Beport on Balias’ Sand Grouse in the north-west of 
England by the Bev. H. A. IMacpherson, and several books from 
Professor Newton. But tho chief addition has been the books 
belonging to the Norwich Geological Society, which has recently' 
l)een dissolved, consisting of about fifty volumes, including the 
jniblications of tho United States Geological Survey Office (which 
will make the volumes already belonging to the Society a more 
lierfoct set), ‘Owen’s Odontography,’ ‘ ^Miller andSkertchly’s Fenland,’ 
‘ IVoodwanl’s Geology of Norwich,’ etc. 
Tho retirement of our Honorary Secretary, Mr. W. H. Bidwell, 
after eight years of active service, calls for something more than an 
ordinary vote of thanks for all his labours, and indeed he carries 
away tho gratitude of all of us for the good work he has done on 
