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In concluding our report, we regret to announce that our res- 

 pected and highly esteemed President is absent from our Board. 

 From a severe illness contracted while in the service of the soci- 

 ety as a delegate to the State of Maryland, he has been compelled 

 by the advice of his physician to seek a milder climate for th# 

 winter. Our ardent desire for him, is, that he may be restored 

 in health and recovered vigor, again to unite with us in advanc- 

 ing the great work in which we are engaged, to which he haf 

 ever been ready to devote all his energies. 



B. P. JOHNSON, 

 Corresponding Secretary, 



