It seems to me that, no matter what doubts and perplexities may have assailed me in the selection of the subject and the contents of this Address, my primary duty on this occasion is obvious and inevitable ; it is to express my appreciation of the impartiality of the Council in so arranging this afternoon’s proceedings that my Address is subsequent to the discussion on Professor Neville’s motion, so that supporters of the motion were unable to use the Address as an argument in favour of limiting each President to one year of office.