president’s address. 
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derived ; lmt as Mr. Harmer has contributed a paper on this subject, 
which will be printed in our ‘ Transactions,’ I need only add that 
though we were unable to date back the evidence of man to the 
preglacial gravel, we had ample proof of his hospitality in the 
present day, as evinced by the kind reception we met with from 
Mr. Middleton, and had, iu other respects, a very enjoyable visit. 
Tlio meetings during the past year have been well attended, and 
the papers read, fully up to the average of interest. Those which 
are to bo printed will speak for themselves, I need not, therefore, 
occupy your time by enumerating them, but I think Mr. Mayfield’s 
contribution to our knowledge of Norfolk Earth Worms, is deserving 
of special mention, having reference to a class of animals, the study 
of which, although now becoming popular, has, until recently, been 
much neglected. Our special thanks are also due to Mr. Patterson, 
whose notes from Yarmouth, read almost monthly, have always been 
so full of interest. Mr. Bidgood sent us a paper on Toly pell apsis 
xfel/ujera, a rare form of Chara, from Hickling Broad, which treated 
of its habits of growth and reproduction ; but his observations not 
yet being complete, we hope for a further communication on the 
same subject at some future time. The same may be said of 
a paper on the Flora of the Feeroe Islands and its origin, by 
Mr. Geldart. I am happy to say that the latter gentleman, 
who read on April 27th, 1869, the lirst paper before the Society, 
still maintains his interest, and was one of the most valued 
contributors during the past year. I had also myself the honour 
of addressing you in the lirst year, and both Professor Newton 
and Mr. J. II. Gurney, who were contributors to the second part 
of our ‘ Transactions,’ are also contributors to the twenty-fifth. 
During the past year we have elected 27 new members, and have 
lost 8, leaving the present number of members 268, or an increase 
of 19 over the previous year. We have also the pleasure of 
electing two new Honorary Members, Professor Robert Collett, of the 
University of Christiania, in Norway, and Mr. E. T. Newton, F.R.S., 
the latter in recognition of his researches in the vertebrate remains 
of the Forest-bed series which have added so immensely to our 
knowledge of the fossil fauna of these interesting deposits. We 
