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Those who were prominently tictive during the last five years of the ten were Dr. C. T. 

 Jackson, Prof. William B. Rogers, Dr. A. A. Hayes, Mr. Charles J. Sprague, Dr. Thomas 

 M.. Brewer, Dr. Samuel Kneeland, Jr., Dr. Jeffries Wyman, Professor Agassiz, Dr. Gould, 

 Dr. J. C. White, Dr. Henry Bryant, Dr. Samuel L. Abbot, Dr. J. N. Boriand, Mr. J. Whit- 

 temore. Dr. Silas Durkee, Dr. John Bacon, Jr., Mr. Charles Stodder, Mr. Theodore Lyman, 

 Dr. B. J. Jeffries, Dr. C. F. Winslow, Mr. Samuel H. Scudder, Dr. Samuel Cabot, Dr. D. 

 H. Storer, Dr. Charles Pickering, Mr. John Green, Dr. D. F. Weinland, Capt. N. E. At- 

 wood, Mr. Nathaniel H. Bishop, Dr. J. B. S. Jackson, Prof. H. D. Rogers, Mr. J. M. Bar- 

 nard, Prof Theophilus Parsons and Mr. Thomas T. Bouve. 



Tlie financial condition of the Society at the close of the decade differed but little from 

 that at the commencement. There had been during the ten years, periods of considerable 

 indebtedness, but the economical course of the government had prevented its increase, and 

 at the annual meeting, as stated in the Treasurer's report, there was a small balance in the 

 Treasury. 



The Library had increased from about 3500 volumes reported ns in the possession of the 

 Society in 1850, to nearly 5003, including 1012 deposited by Mrs. Binney, and 7G7 depos- 

 ited by " A Republican Institution". Besides these there were 681 pamphlets, or pai'ts of 

 volumes. 



The number of Resident Members of the Society at tliis time were about 206, exclusive 

 of Life Members, of whom there were 18. 



The Standing Conmiittees of tlie Council, througli which much of the important business 

 of tlie Society was transacted, had faithfully attended to the duties assigned them. 



The members of each during the decade were as follows : 



On the Library : Drs. A. A. Gould, S. Kneeland, Jr., Henry Bryant, and D. Hum- 

 phreys Storer, and Messrs. C. K. Dillaway and Charles J. Sprague. 



On Finance : Dr. N. B. Shurtleff, Messrs. J. J. Dixwell, Thos. Bulfinch, P. T. Jackson, 

 Amos Binney, C. C. Sheafe, Jas. M. Barnard, Thos. T. Bouve, and George B. Emerson. 



On the Libi-ary : Drs. A. A. Gould, D. Humphreys Storer, S. Kneeland, Jr., John Bacon, 

 S. Cabot, Jr., Henry Bryant, and Messrs. C. K. Dillaway and Chas. J. Sprague. 



On Publications: Drs. I). Humphreys Storer, Jeffries W^anan, Samuel Kneeland, Jr., 

 Samuel L. Abbot, Samuel Cabot, Jr.,Benj. S. Shaw, and Mr. C. K. Dillaway. 



Decade IV. Mat, 1860-Mat, 1870. 



Soon after the annual meeting, Mr. Arthur T. Ljanan, who had been elected Curator of 

 Conchology, resigned, and in June Mr. Nathan Farrand was elected his successor. 



In October of this year the Society was notified that the late Jonathan Phillips had 

 made to it the magnificent bequest of f 10,000. It will be remembered that in the latter 

 part of 1849, when the Society was suffering from debt, this gentleman manifested his 

 interest in its welfare by a timely donation of f 2,000, which relieved it from all liability. 



The exertions of the members of the Society towards accomplishing the objects in 

 view, viz., that of securing land from the State on which to build, and help from the 

 public to enable the Society to erect a structure suitable for its wants, were constant. In 

 December a Committee was appointed by the Council, consisting of Prof Rogers, Dr. A. 



