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On Friday, the 2 2d of June next, will occur the two 

 hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the landing of John 

 Winthrop on these shores. It is proposed to hold the first 

 Field Meeting at that time. Robert S. Eantoul, Esq., has 

 accepted an invitation to deliver the address ; Miss Lucy 

 Larcom to prepare a poem. Other gentlemen will be 

 present and take part in the exercises of the day, and it 

 is hoped that the occasion may be a successful commem- 

 orative event. The meeting will be held at the Pavilion 

 on Salem Neck. 



Additions to the Library and the several collections 

 are constantly being made by donations and from other 

 sources. The subject of increased accommodation for 

 the valuable material, so fast accumulating will, ere long, 

 require the consideration of the ofificers, members, and 

 friends of the Institute ; whether the present is the most 

 suitable time to make a general elibrt to provide means 

 for a fire-proof building is an important question to de- 

 cide. That the society needs and ought to have such a 

 building, no one will deny. 



The Treasurer reports the payment of the generous 

 bequest of the late Wm. B. Howes to the Institute, and 

 makes a clear and full report of the finances. 



In concluding this retrospect of the doings of the In- 

 stitute during the year, it is hoped that these annual ex- 

 hibits, of a steady and healthful growth in the right 

 direction, and of a gradual advance in the promotion of 

 its various objects, will secure the respect and good 

 wishes of the community at home and abroad. 



