APPENDIX. 
THE PRESIDENT’S ANNUAL ADDRESS. 
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Natural History Society 
of New Brunswick. 
It is now about eighteen years since I had the honor 
of addressing you on the occasion of your annual meeting to 
receive the report of the Council for the past year, and to 
elect office bearers for the year which is opening. So large a 
portion of a century will make a considerable change in the 
membership of a society like this, but some who may have 
heard that former address no doubt are still with us, and I 
also count upon some fresh auditors tonight. 
It is usual for the presiding officer of this Society to 
review at this meeting the work of the Society for the past 
year, to say something of his own scientific work, or to make 
suggestions bearing on the future well-being of the Society. 
The first topic has been so fully dealt with in the Annual 
report of the council that further words from me seem unnec- 
essary. Upon the second I have on this occasion nothing 
to say; so I propose to address a few words to you on the 
past work, the present position and the future prospects 
of the Society. 
The venture that the council of your Society made some 
years ago in the purchase of the Finn building has proved 
eminently successful, as it brought us legacies of much value, 
and gifts to the library, museum and rooms, and furnishes 
a center around which the traditions of the organizations 
may cluster. It is true that the conversion of a sumptuous 
private dwelling into a museum and lecture hall, has proved 
somewhat expensive, but the council has never lacked the 
funds necessary to secure all necessary improvements. 
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