ADDRESS. 
Read by the President, Sydney H. Long, M.D., to the Members 
of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society, at their 
Thirty-ninth Annual Meeting, held at the Norwich Castle- 
Museum, March 31 st, 1908. 
Ladies and Gentlemen — Notwithstanding the increased 
subscription — from five to six shillings — the number of 
members stands at 284, being slightly in excess of last year. 
Six members have resigned, five have died, and thirteen 
new members have been elected. 
The Society has lost by death Professor Alfred Newton, 
F.R.S.; Mr. C. A. Wright, F.L.S., F.Z.S.; Mr. Charles Williams, 
F.R.C.S.E. ; Sir James Hector, M.D., K.C.M.G.. F.R.S., and 
Mr. Howard Saunders, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 
Mr. T. Southwell has written “ In Memoriam ” notices of 
the late Professor Newton and Mr. Saunders, the former 
illustrated by an excellent portrait, copies of which have been 
presented to the Society by Mr. J. H. Gurney. These notices 
will appear separately in our ‘Transactions.’ 
By the death of Mr. Charles Williams, F.R.C.S.E., the 
Society has lost one of its original members. Born at 
Gloucester in 1829. Mr. Williams, after a distinguished career 
as a student, came to Norwich as House Surgeon to the 
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital — in 1858. After holding this 
appointment for a few years, he settled in Norwich, where he 
practised as a surgeon up to the time of his death, August 15th, 
1907. Although never a contributor to the Society’s ‘Trans- 
actions,’ Mr. Williams always took a great interest in its 
welfare. 
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