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20 PKOCEEDINGS OF THEwhy I should have been selected for its bestowal. You, sir,have been good enough to make some kindly remarks on myWhen I joined this Society inwork, more than I deserve.1885, and since then, it has been my pleasure and relaxationto try and know something of the English coinage. I havenever thought of it as work, and the thrills of excitementover some small discovery to aid classification or help someobscure identification have been rewards in themselves.To receive such a splendid testimony at your hands as theresult of all this pleasure quite overpowers me. This Medalwill always be one of my most cherished possessions.The President then delivered the following address :THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.Through a third year of this exacting War the Societyhas been able to " carry on A ". series of interesting papershave been read, and even the publication of the NumismaticChronicle has not been seriously delayed. The number ofmembers of the Society has not fallen off, and the Treasurerwill have informed you that, in spite of the addition to thecost of printing, the financial position remains satisfactory.We have suffered a few losses owing to the deaths ofmembers.Mr. H. F. Amedroz had been a member of the Societysince 1892, and was a frequent visitor to the Society'smeetings. A barrister by profession, he was also a distinguishedArabic scholar, and wrote much on the mediaevalhistory of the Arabs, and edited several Arabic texts. Hecontributed an article to the Numismatic Chronicle of 1907 onthe use of the title" Shahanshah " by the Buwayhids.General Sir Albert Houtum-Schindler, K.C.I.E., had beena member of the Society since 1875. He lived for manyyears in Persia, where he was engaged in organizing theHe wrote on the history of Persia in variousPersian army.