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It is not unusual for the President of this Association or like bodies, when delivering the presidential address, to base the views and opinions expressed on prolonged experience of some particular branch or specialist function of the profession in which he is an acknowledged expert. I can claim no expertise and can draw only on experience of a general nature gained in 25 years since qualification. All but the last four years have been in the field, and it is from this background, devoid of academic or specialist distinction, that I have the privilege of addressing this gathering, and it is fitting that my discourse should be of a general rather than an. academic nature.