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taneous, profound and universal. Such action was taken 

 and was generally noticed by the press. Measures were 

 entered upon at once to this end, when it was found that 

 other friends of Mr. Hunt, who felt that so well known a 

 citizen should be commemorated by no one body, had 

 already arranged a memorial service for the whole public 

 at an early day and had secured so competent a eulogist 

 as Dr. E. C. Bolles. Under these circumstances it 

 seemed indelicate for the Institute to intervene. Dr. 

 Bolles' address was delivered on April 14, and left noth- 

 ing to be desired, and arrangements were at once made 

 by the Institute to give it the first place in the forthcom- 

 ing volume of our Historical Collections. It is now in 

 print. The propriety of doing something more exclu- 

 sively betokening the Institute's share in the general loss 

 is under consideration, and it is contemplated to bring 

 together into a chamber by themselves, so far as this can 

 be done without unduly disturbing the natural classifica- 

 tion of our books, Mr. Hunt's numerous and often costly 

 gifts to our art and other collections, together with the 

 unique and invaluable China Library collected by him 

 and presented to the Institute; to call the room by the 

 cherished name of the donor; to distinguish it with a 

 tablet, and to dedicate it with some simple ceremonial 

 in the coming autumn. 



The year has been as disastrous in respect of our 

 losses from sickness and death as it has been fortunate in 

 other ways. Our admirable Librarian of the past twelve 

 years is no longer here to read his yearly report, and out- 

 Secretary, who has served since the occupancy of the 

 present rooms, has been unable from protracted illness to 

 discharge his duties for many months. 



Mr. Arthur Stone, the great value of whose varied 

 services can be estimated only by those actively employed 



