In, reply, Mr. Allen gracefully thanked the Committee for the sliver hock they had given him. It was true that he had taken a great me lerest in the Society's doings and all that he had done had been really pleasure, But he emphasized that the Society owed @ great debt to Mr.
F, Bateman, the Committee's pre: vious Treasurer, as well as to Mr.
S, Speyer, the present Treasurer, for on those' shoulders the real re: sponsibility lay. Mr, Allen intimates
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