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OFFICIAL TITLES. 



Two copies of this petition were sent to every member of the 

 Society, together with the accompanying letter: 



Harvard Medical School, 



Boston, Mass., Jan. 9, 1894. 



My dear Sir : It is my duty, as Chairman of the committee 

 appointed by the American Society of Naturalists to secure the 

 repeal of the duties on Scientific Apparatus, to ask for your ac- 

 tive cooperation. On behalf of the committee I request you : 



Pirst. — To write personal letters to your Senators and Rep- 

 resentatives, urging them to give their active support to the 

 petition of the Society. 



Second. — To obtain as many signatures as possible to the 

 enclosed petition, and then forward it to the Hon. H. C. Lodge, 

 U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., who has consented to present 

 the petitions to Congress. 



Third. — To have petitions similar in purport sent to Congress 

 by all the scientific societies with which you are connected. 



In conclusion, permit me to add that, if our efibrts are to pro- 

 duce effect, our action must be taken with the utmost prompti- 

 tude. I have the honor to remain, 



Yours, with great respect, 



Charles Sedgwick Minot, 



Chairman. 



The sio-natures were so numerous and representative of the 

 various natural sciences, that it is evident that the opinion of the 

 scientific men of the United States is almost, perhaps absolutely, 

 unanimous in favor of the repeal of the duty. 



Your committee regrets extremely that action was taken so 

 late that the tarifl' bill was before the Senate before your petition 

 could be presented to the House, and that in spite of their earnest 



