A Hard Year.

Mr. Sterling said he appreciated the kind references to the relationships during the year, which had not been an easy one so far as those relationships were concerned. He wished to acknowledge the courtesy and restraint of the representatives of the Institute in putting their remits before him. Their joint task might be difficult, but so long as the conditions were not made unpleasant there remained only a residuum of thought and work which would never gall the men, who, under pleasant conditions, would never worry while the relationships described by Mr. McAloon existed.