ADDRESS 
Read by the President, Hknry Stevenson, F.L.S., to the Members of 
the Norfolk and Noitoich Naturalists' Society at their Third 
A.n7iual Meetiny, hold at the Norfolk and Norwich Museum, 
March 26th, 1872. 
Ladies and Gentlemen— In fulfilling the final duty of niy 
year of office, that of reviewing our proceedings during the past 
twelve months, I must congratulate myself on having been able 
to attend most of our monthly meetings, and take part, as well, 
in each of our summer excursions ; being thus enabled to speak 
more confidently as to the interest excited by the various' papers 
read, and the discussions which have ensued thereon. Though we 
cannot expect each year to supply our members with an equally 
tempting bill of fare — a condition of things, by the by, which we 
share in common with societies of established reputation, a 
renewed acquaintance with the contents of those papei-s, which 
form the bulk of our ‘‘Transactions” for 18 / 1—2 assures me that the 
jiresent volume will not meet with a less gratifying reception than 
its two predecessors. The important task which this Society has 
now in hand, that of compiling well authenticated, and, as far as 
possible, complete lists of the Fauna and Flora of this county, is 
progressing most favourably, even though the contributions made 
to this year’s “ Transactions ” in the department of marine, land, 
and fresh water mollusca, can be considered only as instalments 
by those able and zealous workers, Mr. F. "W. Harmer and 
I^Ir. J. B. Bridgman; who are thereby desirous to draw attention 
to this neglected branch of our local natural history, and to solicit 
help towards the perfecting of their painstaking researches. Up 
to the present time, as ]\[r. Harmer informs us, the only list of 
our marine mollusca was that contributed by the late Kev. George 
Munford, to M ilson s “ Guide ” to Hunstanton, comprising about 
