The Chairman observed, that he was sorry he had not been present at the meeting on the previous Saturday. Had he been so he would have drawn up a closing address, and delivered it on this the closing night of the session. Had he known that such an address was expected from him, he would have been prepared to have drawn it up, but he had quite forgotten that that was the last night of the session. He made this explanation so that the mombers might not think he was careless in the matter. He would always be most glad to devote his time to advancing the interests of the Institute. Looking at the past session, he thought they had on the whole been as successful as they could have expected; and if the members would devote a little extra time, gathering up information, in the recess, for the next sessional meetings, there was no doubt it would be a very great success.