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loans on real estate. The loans that have been made since 

 our last report, on real estate mortgages, have all been made 

 payable in gold, as far as the princijial is concerned. 



The Trustees suggest that a committee be ajipointed to 

 examine the securities held by the Trustees. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



Aaron A. P'krris, 



P. M. BiGNEY, 



T)llStC€S. 



REPORT OF Cl'RATOR OF PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION. 



Cincinnati, April 4, 1893. 

 The Cincinnati Society of Natural History: 



Gentlemen — As Curator of the Photographic Section of this 

 Society, I beg to submit the following report for the year just 

 ended : This Section now numbers 102 active members, 

 having added to its membership during the past year seven, 

 having lost by death two, by resignation seven, and by drop- 

 ping from membership on account of the non-payment of 

 dues nine. 



On May 30, 1892, our Annual Outing took place, and was 

 attended by over one hundred members. The vSection and 

 its friends spent the day at the town of Batavia, and the occa- 

 sion was one of the most enjoyable yet participated in. 



On March 17, 1S93, our Annual Exhibition was given at the 

 Scottish Rite Cathedral, but owing to the exceedingly in- 

 clement weather, was not as fully attended as it otherwise 

 would have been, yet the exhibition was witnessed by four 

 hundred and twenty-seven members and their friends. The 

 standard of excellence heretofore shown in the work of the 

 Section was fully maintained, and in some respects improved 

 upon, and the interest shown by the members has not in the 

 least diminished. And, although we have lost in membership, 

 from causes already stated, the Section is in a very flourishing 

 condition. 



The suggestions submitted by the Curator at the last annual 

 meeting have been acquiesced in by the Executive Board of 



