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Read by the President , Frederick Long, L.P.C.P., tu the 
Members of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society , 
at their Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting , held at the Norwich 
Castle-Museum , March 29th, 1904. 
Ladies and Gentlemen — My year of office, as your President, has 
now come to an end, and it is my duty in this address to lay before 
you the different events relating to the Society that have occurred 
during that period, and to follow this up with a few remarks on 
some subject of general interest. 
During the session we have lost, by death, Mr. Charles Middleton, 
of Hellesdon, who died on '29th January, 1904. Though not often 
an attendant at our meetings, Mr. Middleton was known to be 
much interested in natural science, and more especially in geology. 
From a very long personal intimacy and friendship at Holkham, 
I may say that nothing gave him more delight than the finding of 
a fossil on his farm, and showing it to his friends. During his life 
he had got together quite a large collection of various objects of 
geological interest. Many will recall that on 26th October, 1893, 
the members of the Society were invited to visit Hellesdon in 
order to inspect a Hint implement which had been found on 
Mr. Middleton’s property. 
A small party went over under the guidance of Mr. F. W. Harmer, 
and an interesting afternoon was spent. The implement had been 
submitted to Professor Prestwich, who considered it palaeolithic, 
though approaching very nearly to the neolithic type, and to 
Sir John Evans, who thought it was undoubtedly neolithic 
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