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The luanufactnre of the Proceedings and Journal of the Aead- 

 emj; has cost $1307.92. The return to the treasury on account 

 of their sale is $1124.09. The works received into the library for 

 them, in exchange, from 29T societies and 42 periodicals, at home 

 and abroad, far exceed in value the difference between the cost of 

 manufacture and the amount of money received on account of 

 the sale of the Academy's publications. 



The hope, entertained at the close of the last year, that the 

 Maintenance Fund might be considerably increased by this time, 

 has been disappointed. Tlie circumstances which led to the effort 

 to raise this fund have not changed. The enterprise has not yet 

 been demonstrated to be hopeless, and until it is, should not be 

 abandoned. 



The aggregate of semi-annual contributions for the year reported 

 by the treasurer, $1936, suggests that it is desirable to augment 

 the number of members. 



Fees for admission to the museum amount to $421.30, which is 

 less than a janitor's salar^^ 



Five students have been aided from the Jessup Fund in the 

 course of the year. At this time two 3'oung men are its benefici- 

 aries. The advantages of this fund are in demand. Many are 

 indebted to it for a start on the course which led them to become 

 naturalists and efficient investigators. An increase in the number 

 of such scholarships is desirable. Every one who ma}^ give a 

 sufficient sum to yield $250 annually, to aid in the support of one 

 student, will contribute substantially to the advancement of 

 knowledge, and at the same time erect for himself a continuously 

 speaking memorial, more enduring, and conspicuous than can be 

 formed of monumental marble. 



To encourage the study of natural histoiy among young persons, 

 the Agassiz Association of Natural History", a juvenile socisty, 

 was granted, Dec. 14, 1880, the use of the library room on alter- 

 nate Wednesday afternoons, for its stated meetings. 



The use of the library room was given to a board of examiners 

 of Harvard Universit}', from June 30 to July 2, inclusive, for the 

 examination of candidates for admission into that institution. 



Permission to visit the museum, given to the teachers and a 

 limited number of pupils of the public schools in 1819, has been 

 extended to them through the year 1882. 



The Legislature of the State did not accept the proposition of 



