38 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



The Treasurer presented his report, which was accepted. 



Professor Lovering read the report of the Publishing Com- 

 mittee, which was accepted. 



Mr. Lovering announced that Vol. V. Part I. of the Acade- 

 my's Memoirs, and the Map of the Tornado at Medford, were 

 completed, and ready for distribution. 



Mr. Lovering then made the following communication : — 



" Within a few weeks, as we all know, two of the former members 

 of this Academy have left us, Mr. John Farrar of Cambridge, and 

 Dr. Peirson of Salem, but under circumstances which strangely con- 

 trast together. One of these gentlemen died at an advanced age, 

 after a painful and unusually protracted illness, the course of which 

 had been long watched with care and sadness by many friends and 

 admirers. The other was cut off by a terrible accident, in the strength 

 and maturity of his years, and while enjoying health and professional 

 activity. It is more than seventeen years since the sweet and dig- 

 nified face of Mr. Farrar has been seen at our meetings. On the 

 other hand, it seems but yesterday that Dr. Peirson was with us, 

 eagerly interested in all questions of science which touched his own 

 profession, and that hearty tribute of respect which he so recently 

 paid to an associate in the Academy and a fellow-townsman has 

 scarcely ceased to be heard, when we are called on to offer a similar 

 memorial to him. 



" But I rise principally to invite the attention of the members of 

 the Academy to some appropriate notice of the death of Mr. Farrar. 

 Mr. Farrar became a member of the Academy in 1808, and served 

 it in various capacities. 



" He was the Recording Secretary for fourteen years. He acted 

 on the Committee of Publication for fifteen years. And he was 

 Vice-President in 1829 and 1830. 



" He also contributed the following papers to the Memoirs of the 

 Academy : — 



" In the third volume of the Old Series, ' Observations of the Comet 

 of 1811 ' ; — ' Abstract of Meteorological Observations made at Cam- 

 bridge,' from 1790 to 1807 by President Webber, and from 1807 to 

 1813 by Mr. Farrar; — 'Abstract of Meteorological Observations 

 made at Andover, by Rev. Jonathan French.' 



" In the fourth volume of the Old Series he published 'An Account 



