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lieving it from a possible contingency which might involve its interests in 

 some degree. By the prudent management of the Treasurer, the Institu- 

 tion has been enabled to meet all its ordinary annual expenses, and some 

 new arrangements for the coming year proposed by him, will, if carried out, 

 materially lessen its remaining obligations, which, although now compa- 

 ratively light, still prevent that entire appropriation of its annual income 

 to the general purposes of the Institution, which is so ardently desired 

 by all its members. 



All which is respectfully submitted by 



Hall of the Academy, December 26th, 1843. 



W. S. Zantzinger, 

 Recording Secretary. 



The Report of the Treasurer was read, and referred, as 

 usual, to the Auditors for examination. 



NEW BUSINESS. 



Professor Johnson offered the following resolutions, which 

 were unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That the extended and valuable Report of the 

 Recording Secretary, presented this evening, contains the 

 most gratifying evidences of the prosperity of this Institution, 

 and of the assiduous devotion of the Secretary to his various 

 duties. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be presented to 

 the Recording Secretary for his labour in preparing this Re- 

 port, and that the same be referred to the Committee on the 

 Proceedings for publication. 



Mr. Phillips offered the following resolution, which was 

 also unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That the thanks of this Society be presented to 

 Mr. George W. Carpenter, for the ample and gratifying re- 

 port of the financial concerns of the Institution presented this 

 evening, and for his assiduous and successful attention to the 

 trust confided in him. 



The Society then proceeded to an election for Officers for 

 the ensuing year. The tellers appointed by the chairman 

 announced the following result: 



