^DDHESS. 
Read by the Presided, Henry Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S., 
V.P.Z.S., F.G.S., Late Keeper of Geology, British Museum, 
to the Members of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ 
Society, at their Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting, held at the 
Norwich Castle- Museum, March 31st, 1903. 
Ladies and Gentlemen — In occupying this chair to-night, I feel 
somewhat like a stranger amongst you although known personally 
to a good many of your members. It has been (as you are aware) 
occasionally the practice of this Society, to elect as its President, 
some scientitic man living at a distance: under these circumstances 
I was assured that an occasional visit would he accepted as a suffi- 
cient compliance with duty. I accordingly planned to he present 
and read a paper last November, but was unfortunately prevented 
from attending at the last moment, and the paper was read for me 
by my friend Mr. F. W. Harmer. To-night, however, I am here 
to deliver my address as your President, in person, and to thank 
you for your past forbearance and kindness towards myself. 
As you have just heard from the Treasurer, the finances of the 
Society are in a fairly satisfactory condition, though owing to the 
heavy expense entailed by the last part of the ‘ Transactions,’ we 
have had to draw £20 from the Lifo Membership Fund, in order 
to meet all liabilities. We have had to use some of the capital 
towards the expenditure of the year. However, I regard it as 
a sign of the vitality of a Society, rather to exceed its income, than 
to accumulate funds for which it cannot find an outlet. 
The number of members now stands at 271, showing a slight 
( increase over last year. We have lost, by death, the Earl of 
Kimberley, and Mr. H. D. Geldart, both Vice-Presidents of the 
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