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Building Fund, April 3, 1877. 



Balance in Fund April 4, 187G, $55.5 63 



Received Subscriptions, 200 00 



Received Interest, 46 37 



Total Building Fund, . . . . . . $802 00 



Total Funds. 



Bearing Interest, or held in Cash, Ajiril 3, 1877. 



General Fund, $644 13 



Endowment Fund, 551 45 



Life Membership Fund, 50 00 



Building Fund, . . • 802 00 



$2,047 58 



At this meeting, Mr. K. B. Moore was elected president; Mr. V. T. 

 Chambers, first vice-president; Mr. J. W. Hall, jr., corresponding sec- 

 retarjr; Dr. J. H. Hunt, custodian; Mr. O. E. Ulrich, curator of palae- 

 ontology. Dr. A. J. Howe read a paper on the " Life of John Hunter," 

 which was subsequently published in pamphlet, 



Mr. S. S. Bassler was elected curator of meteorolog}', and Mr. V. T. 

 Chambers, curator of microscopy, at the meeting held June 5, 1877. 

 Prof. A. J. Howe read "A Biographical Sketch of Baron Cuvier," at the 

 meeting held Aug. 7, which was afterwards published in pamphlet; 

 and on the 2d of October, he read another paper, on " American 

 Archneology," which was also published in pamphlet. 



Mr. Charles Bodman, who was elected a member, September 1, 1874, 

 died on the 10th day of May, 1875, leaving a will containing a bequest 

 to this Society of fiftj^ thousand dollars, which sum should have been 

 paid to the Society at once, but the payment was delayed until the six- 

 teenth day of July, 1877, depriving the Society of about two years' 

 interest. There were no conditions or limitations attached to the 

 bequest, and, consequently, when the money was received, it was abso- 

 lutely at the disposal of the Society. The Society had previously ap- 

 pointed a board of trustees, one of whom is the treasurer, to receive 

 the money, and make such investments as the Society should direct. 

 The ti-ustees, previous to entering upon the discharge of tlieir duties, 

 gave satisfactory bonds for the faithful performance of the trust. 

 About eleven thousand, five hundred dollars was invested in the pur- 

 chase and repairing of the property on the corner of Broadway and 

 Arch streets, in the month of October following. The collection and 

 other property of the Society was at once transferred from the rooms, 

 46 and 48 College building, to the new premises. 



The Society held its first meeting in its own building, on November 

 (), 1877. At this meeting tlie following ri'solutiou was unanimously 

 adopted : 



