116 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 
The rei)ort of the coiiiinittee on iioiuiiiations, T. F. 
Hunt, chairman, was read by the secretary and accepted. 
Voted, That the meeting proceed to the choice ot'officers 
for the ensuing year. Messrs. G. M. Jones, Wm. L. 
Welch and Arthur R. Stone were appointed a committee 
to receive, sort and count the votes. 
The committee reported that the following were elected 
unanimously : 
PRESIDENT: 
HENRY WHEATLAND. 
VICE-PKESIDENTS : 
Abner C. Goodell, Jr., Daniel B. Hagak, 
Frederick W. Putnam, Robert S. Rantoul. 
SECRETARY: TREASURER: 
Henry M. Brooks. George D. Phippen. 
AUDITOR; LIBRARIAN: 
Richard C. Manning. Charles S. Osgood. 
COUNCIL: 
William H. Gove, S. Endicott Peabodv, 
Thomas F. Hunt, David Pingree, 
David M. Little, Edmund B. Willson, 
William Mack, George M. Whipple, 
Edward S. Morse, Alden P. White. 
Voted, That the committee on nominations be instructed 
to report at an adjournment of this meeting, to be called by 
the secretary, the name of a candidate for the treasurer- 
ship. 
THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR, 
compiled from the reports read at the meeting and the 
remarks of the members in relation thereto, presents the 
work of the Institute in its various departments, since the 
last annual meeting. 
