president’s address. 
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Barclay, Mr. G. F. Buxton, Mr. Robert Gurney, Mr. H. B. 
Woodward, Mr. A. Bennett, Mr. F. W. Harmer. 
I will now briefly allude to the events of the Session : 
On 27th April, 1909, Mr. J. T. Hotblack brought forward 
a suggestion for the consideration of the Committee, viz. : — 
That the Annual Meeting should be the last Meeting of the 
Session, and the first meeting of the following Session take 
place in September. This question you have now considered. 
Mr. Hotblack described Mr. F. W. Harmer’ s Glacial Map, 
illustrating the soils of Norfolk. It was decided to ask 
Mr. Harmer to supply copies of this map, for reproduction 
in the ‘ Transactions.’ Dr. S. H. Long made some remarks 
on the Wild Bird Protection Acts. 
25th May. A proposal by the Ipswich Field Club, for 
a visit of the Society to Ipswich, was considered, but not 
found practicable. Mr. F. Long was nominated Delegate to 
the Corresponding Soc. Committee of the Brit. Assoc., to be 
held in London on 25th and 26th October. Subsequently, at 
Mr. Long’s request, Mr. W. A. Nicholson was' nominated in his 
place. 
17th June. An excursion, attended by about twenty 
members and friends, took place to Bramerton, Surlingham 
and Brundall. At Bramerton the Crag-pit was visited and 
explained by Mr. J. T. Hotblack, F.G.S. The party then 
walked by the marshes to Surlingham Ferry, had tea there, 
after which Mr. Waters conducted them over his marshes to 
Dr. Beverley’s gardens, the visit to which was much enjoyed. 
28th September. Mr. W. G. Clarke read “ Botanical Notes 
from Breckland.” Mr. A. Bennett sent a paper on Medicago 
sylvestris and three other rare plants. 
26th October. Mr. A. Patterson read a paper on “An 
Obsolete Trawl Fishery,” and made some remarks on the 
fishes of Suffolk. 
30th November. Mr. W. G. Clarke made a suggestion that 
the Society should publish a “ Flora of Norfolk,” and 
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