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ceipts and disbursements since the organization of the Institution on January 

 28, 1902. 



It becomes the duty of the Executive Committee to report the death of 

 Dr. Carroll D. Wright, a former Trustee of the Institution, on February 20, 

 1909, the death of Hon. William Wirt Howe, a former Trustee, on March 

 17, 1909, the death of Hon. Ethan Allen Hitchcock, a Trustee, on April 9, 

 1909, and the death of Judge William Lindsay, a Trustee, on October 15, 

 1909. 



Two vacancies in the Board of Trustees are created by the deaths of Mr. 

 Hitchcock and Judge Lindsay. Other vacancies are created by the non- 

 acceptance of election of Mr. Charles W. Eliot and by the resignation of 

 Mr. D. O. Mills. These four vacancies will call for action at the coming 

 annual meeting. The terms of office of Messrs. Mitchell, Parsons, and 

 Welch as members of the Executive Committee, and the terms of office of 

 Mr. Billings as Chairman of the Board of Trustees, of Mr. Root as Vice- 

 Chairman, and of Mr. Dodge as Secretary, will expire at the time of the 

 coming annual meeting, as will also the terms of office of Messrs. Higginson 

 and Low, as members of the Finance Committee, making, with the resigna- 

 tion of Mr. Mills, three vacancies in this latter Committee to be filled. 



The Executive Committee calls attention to the fact that the income of the 

 Institution is now practically absorbed by the budget, and that there are 

 several important lines of investigation which the Institution could advan- 

 tageously pursue but which must be deferred through lack of the necessary 

 funds. 



WiivUAM H. Welch, Chairman. 



John S. Bilungs. 



Cleveland H. Dodge. 



S. Weir Mitchell. 



Wm. Barclay Parsons. 



Elihu Root. 



Charles D. Walcott. 



Robert S. Woodward. 

 December 13, 1909. 



