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Gentlemen, I have said more than enough. The weakness of my 
paper you must put down to the hurried way in which it was 
necessarily done. While deeply grateful for the honour you have 
done me by electing me your President, I am very sensible of my 
own defects, and cannot help feeling that I shall compare very 
unfavourably with my predecessor, whose skill and urbanity are 
phenomenal, and have made him for many years a model Chairman. 
However, you may rest assured that I will do my best, and with 
such excellent help as you have been kind enough to provide for me 
in the persons of our Vice-Presidents, I do not feel overwhelmed at 
the task before me. 
I would, in conclusion, make one appeal, and that is the necessity 
of each and every member to add to our roll. If every member who 
is in attendance would make up his mind to influence one entomo¬ 
logical acquaintance to become a member of our Society, our financial 
troubles would vanish. Will you not do this ? It is not much, but it 
is worth doing tor the sake of our common brotherhood here. 
Gentlemen, I thank you for your kindness in giving me so patient 
a hearing. I trust I have not wearied you. Again, I thank you. 
TREASURER’S ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR 1895. 
The Treasurer’s account for the year was submitted by Mr. J. A. 
Clark, F.E.S., who congratulated the Society on having been able for 
the first time for many years, not only to pay all calls upon its 
exchequer, but also to reduce the previous debt by some three pounds. 
