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tion Bill,” the good effects of which, we may hope, a few years will 
show. If its provisions are proved to he imperfect, oiir Society, 
Avith all kindred associations, will he called on to press for their 
amendment ; I only wish its provisions could he extended to small 
birds during their breeding season. In this point of A/iew I am 
glad to notice the efforts of the Yare Preservation and Anglers’ 
Society, and though personally I liaA^e as little admiration for what 
are called angling matches, as for battues in game preserves, and beg 
to deny either the name of true sport, I hope the prophecy of our 
Anglers’ Society, that better drainage and a clean river Avill ere 
long bring fish up to TroAvse eye and above it, may prove true. 
Gentlemen, I have rocked the cradle, I trust you can run alone 
now, and that the coming year will be richer both in papers and 
field work than the past one has been. It cannot be much more 
harmonious or pleasant than the one over which I have had the 
honour to preside. 
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