It is in conformity with time honoured custom, and in the performance of duty, that I offer a short address on the occasion of the opening of the Society's 109th Session.

I confess that I have little to say which can be expected to attract the notice of the Fellows, or to bear to be recorded in our proceedings; but I am glad to be able to state that alike as regards Fellowships, Finances, and the work of the past Session, the Society is in a prosperous condition.