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The  President  delivered  his  annual  address,  from  which  the 
following  items  are  abstracted : 
president's  address. 
"  As  reported  one  year  ago  the  dynamo  was  carrying  an  excessive 
load,  to  relieve  which  the  Committee  on  Property  decided  to  reduce 
the  candle  power  of  the  filament  lamps  in  use  by  a  readjustment  of 
the  lights,  and  with  care  on  the  part  of  those  connected  with  the 
College  the  consumption  of  electricity  has  been  regulated,  so  that 
the  supply  is  now  adequate  to  the  demand,  although  the  lighting  of 
the  Annex  Laboratory  has  been  added  to  the  present  system. 
"  The  increased  facilities  provided  for  the  department  of  Botany 
and  Pharmacognosy  have  been  of  great  benefit  to  the  students,  who 
have  taken  much  greater  interest  in  the  work  than  was  anticipated. 
Forty-three  students  have  taken  special  instruction  in  one  or  more 
of  the  following  subjects:  bacteriology,  microscopic  examination 
of  blood,  systematic  botany,  and  in  special  investigation  as  embodied 
in  their  theses. 
"  The  Professor  of  Botany  has  established  on  the  roof  of  the 
Annex  Laboratory  a  botanical  garden,  which  has  proven  of  much 
use  to  the  students  in  enabling  them  to  consult  authentic  material 
and  to  make  observations  of  medicinal  plants  as  they  grow.  In 
order  to  increase  the  facilities  of  this  department  the  Committee  on 
Property  has  arranged  through  subscriptions  generously  sent  to 
the  College  for  the  purpose  to  erect  a  moderate  sized  hot-house  so 
as  to  preserve  plants  during  the  winter  months  for  observation  and 
benefit  of  the  students. 
"  During  the  past  summer  the  facilities  for  instruction  in  the 
Microscopical  Laboratory  have  been  enlarged  by  the  making  of 
twelve  thousand  microscopical  slides  of  drugs  and  pathological 
specimens. 
"  The  new  Annex  Laboratory  has  been  completed  since  the  last 
annual  meeting  and  is  fully  equipped  for  instruction.  This  addi- 
tion has  added  greatly  to  the  facilities  accorded  the  students,  and  has 
brought  the  laboratories  up  to  a  standard  equalled  by  few  and 
excelled  by  none.  A  personal  visit  to  the  laboratories  is  suggested 
to  the  members  as  it  will  fully  repay  them  for  the  time  thus  spent. 
"  The  College  buildings  are  generally  in  a  fair  condition,  but 
will  need  more  or  less  repairs  during  the  coming  year. 
"  Four  hundred  and  forty-one  students  are  in  attendance  at  this 
