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if not more, tlian it does the section, and the payment of same 

 was assumed l)y the section in tlie hope and with the belief 

 that the Society would apj^reciate the efforts which the sec- 

 tion was making to render the auditorium attractive and com- 

 fortable, by responding liberally to the invitations to attend 

 the series of lectures which the section has prepared for the 

 express purpose of raising a fund to pay for the refurnishing 

 of the auditorium. In this, I regret to say, the section has 

 been disai)pointed, as very few of the members of the Society 

 of Natural History', outside of the members of the Photo- 

 graphic Section and its friends, have responded to the invita- 

 tions sent out. Further than this, and in the matter of rais- 

 ing money to pay for the additions and improvements made 

 on this building during the past year, the Photographic Sec- 

 tion has responded very nobly. No less than nineteen of its 

 members have taken life memberships in the Society, and 

 have either taken for themselves, or b}- personal solicitation 

 have induced their friends, who otherwise would not have 

 done so, to purchase notes issued by this Society in the sum 



of is2,IOO. 



Mention of these facts is made, Mr. President, not for the 

 purpose of lauding the action of the members of this section, 

 but to correct an impression which, I am informed, exists in 

 the minds of certain members of the Society, who are not 

 members of this section, that this section is not in accord 

 with the Society, but is a drag upon the Society. This, I am 

 sure, is a misconception. This section is as loyal to the Soci- 

 ety as any 'of its other branches are, and has evidenced its 

 loyalty by causing to be paid into the treasury of the Society, 

 either by its members, or through their individual friends, 

 including their annual dues, the sum of $3,700. This is more 

 than any other section of this Society has done, and as much, 

 I believe, as all the other sections put together have done. 

 Very respectfully submitted, 



T. B. Collier. 



