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But, in order to do this, one requisite is still wanting — name- 

 ly, the means of properly rewarding the labor of preparing 

 specimens and conducting the business of exchange. Add 

 this to the labor of keeping the records of meetings, conduct- 

 ing the correspondence, home and foreign, and attending to 

 the preparation, printing and distribution of the Transactions 

 — all of which has hitherto been performed gratuitously by 

 the President and General Secretary — and it must be apparent 

 that the Academy cannot fairly begin the fulfilment of its 

 mission without pecuniary resources sufficient to salary a Sec- 

 retary, who shall give his entire lime and efforts to its work. 

 And when thus provided, there will immediately arise neces- 

 sities for yet further means to meet the incidental expenses of 

 office and Museum, 



I therefore desire to emphasize these pressing needs of the 

 academy, in order that the purposes for which its scientific 

 department was organized may be kept distinctly before its 

 friends, and that measures may the sooner be put in operation 

 for realizing the funds so clearly requisite to the success of the 

 academy. It is believed that when the objects of the acad- 

 emy come to be better understood, the number is not few of 

 those who will so far appreciate their importance as to regard 

 it a privilege to take Lite Members', Patrons', or even Found- 

 ers' certificates, or to otherwise contribute to its pecuniary re- 

 sources. 



The Treasurer's Ekport. 



The present financial condition of the Academy is shown 

 by the report of the Treasurer for the fiscal year ending Feb- 

 ruary, 1874. 



The Eesults of Work Done 



By members of the Academy since the date of the last pub- 

 lished report, are chiefly embodied in the following papers : 



