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president’s address. 
Departing from our usual custom, we made arrangements in 
December for an Illustrated Lecture, entitled, “ Pictures from the 
White Kile,” in which Mr. E. N. Buxton kindly gave us an 
account of his recent journey 400 miles beyond Khartoum ; and his 
descriptions of the country, the natives, the fauna and flora, and his 
adventures with big game, gained increased interest from the 
numerous photographs thrown on the screen. 
Our Society was represented at the meeting of the British Asso- 
ciation at Glasgow, as will be seen by the report of the Corresponding 
Societies’ Committee, and Mr. F. D. Longe, who was our delegate, 
narrated to us his experience of the meetings. The public-spirited 
inauguration of a Freshwater Biological Station at Catfield, by 
Mr. Eustace Gurney, must not pass without notice ; it is the first 
attempt of the kind made in England, though several are in working 
order on the Continent, and in America. Mr. Gurney has had 
a house constructed on the edge of Sutton Broad, with accommoda- 
tion for four students ; it contains a well-lighted laboratory, fitted 
with the necessary appliances for the study of the animal and plant 
life of the district. Mr. Gurney had the advantage of acquiring 
manipulative skill at the Naples Biological Station; and his brother, 
Mr. Kobert Gurney, who is engaged in like work at Plymouth, 
kindly sends us yearly the Journal of the Marine Biological 
Association. We have to thank other friends for valuable additions 
to our library, especially Professor Newton, Mr. J. H. Gurney, and 
the Rev. E. N. Bloomfield. 
Activity in bookbinding during the year made the need for 
another book-case increasingly felt, and this has now happily been 
supplied, Mr. J. H. Gurney having generously paid half the cost of 
a new case, which by permission of the Committee of the Norfolk 
and Norwich Library has been erected in that Institution, near 
those which are already filled with our books. 
One of your Presidents, the late Sir Francis Boileau, spoke to 
us, on one occasion, of the importance of supplementing our evening 
meetings by excursions in the summer months, for such gatherings 
he considered to be a sign of the vitality of our Society, and very 
desirable opportunities for friendly intercourse with our country 
