142 SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS. 



"December 29, 1887. 

 '" The undersigned, members of the committee appointed to 

 audit the accounts of the Treasurer, report that they have ex- 

 amined the account for 1886-S7 and find it correct. 

 " Signed, 



" J. P. MCMURRICH, 



" H. Newell Martin, 

 " Henry F. Osborne." 



It was moved, seconded, and carried, that the Treasurer be and 

 hereby is instructed to pay to the Secretary the sum of $35 as 

 some expression of the Society's appreciation of his long-continued 

 and devoted services. 



It was announced by the Executive Committee that a very 

 cordial invitation had been received from Professor Martin, and 

 accepted, to hold the next annual meeting in Baltimore. Pro- 

 fessor C. H. Hitchcock presented the following resolution : — 



'''-Resolved^ That the American Society of Naturalists cordially 

 join the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 the American Philosophical Society, and other scientific and 

 educational institutions, in cordially inviting the International 

 Congress of Geologists to hold their next meeting — the one fol- 

 lowing the London meeting of 1888 — at some convenient locality 

 in the United States." 



It was moved and carried. 



The following resolution was seconded and recei\'ed a unani- 

 mous vote : — 



'•''Resolved., Tliat the thanks of the Society are due and are 

 most cordially tendered to the Trustees of the Peabody Museum 

 for the use of the rooms occupied for the meeting of the Society, 

 and for the many kindlj- courtesies which contributed so much 

 to the comfort and convenience of the members and to the success 

 of the meeting." 



The committee appointed to consider the pnjpricty of adopt- 

 ing a resolution to be presented to Congress, requesting the 

 repeal of laws imposing a duty on scientific books and apparatus, 

 presented the following resolution : — 



