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rial in general have been in increased demand. Our annual Tremont Temple 

 Lecture Course, now a recognized Boston institution, after the manner of the 

 Boston Symphony concerts, was attended by about i ,500 people. The lecturers 

 were Prof. Dallas Lore Sharpe, Clinton G. Abbot, Norman McClintock, Wil- 

 liam L. Finlcy, and Edward Avis. 



The office continues to be the New England headquarters for information 

 and assistance in all matters pertaining to bird-protection. Our Society works 

 ceaselessly for the public good and greatly appreciates the public interest in 

 and good will shown toward the good cause of bird-protection. We mourn 

 sincerelv the death of William Brewster, which occurred at his home in Cam- 

 bridge, July II last, in his sixty-ninth year. Mr. Brewster was one of the 

 founders of the Society and was chosen first president at its organization in 

 1896. Mr. Brewster was the most eminent of New England ornithologists, and 

 his death leaves a keen sense of loss among the directors of the Society with 

 whom he worked faithfully for the cause of bird-protection for so many years. 

 — WiNTHROP Packard, Secretary-Treasurer . 



New Ham.pshire. — During the year the secretary has given forty-five 

 lectures and addresses, the majority of them illustrated. Invitations to deliver 

 addresses have come from all over the state. These included Boy Scout groups, 

 schools, churches. Red Cross units, summer institutes, granges, fish and 

 game commissioners' meetings, legislative hearings, and annual field days. 

 Every invitation has been accepted. 



A strong elTort was made to secure the passage of a cat-license bill at the last 

 legislature. The House Committee reported the bill favorably, but the measure 

 suffered defeat. A wide correspondence has been maintained. We receive letters 

 about all sorts of things, asking for the identification of birds, winter-feeding, 

 bird-fountainsand -baths, nesting-boxes, sanctuaries, cats, game-birds, and a score 

 of other things. These letters are all sympathetically considered and answered. 



Much literature has been distributed by hand and through the mails. 

 A special leaflet, "Facts about Cats and Birds," and several others have been 

 issued. The secretary. Rev. Manley B. Townsend, who has been with the 

 Society since its organization and has done most thorough and efficient work, 

 accepted a call in his pastoral work, at Attleboro, Mass., on September i of 

 this year. His removal from the state caused his resignation as secretary, 

 which was regretfully accepted by the directors. George C. Atwell, of Straf- 

 ford, N. H., was appointed secretary, and the office is now located at that place. 

 The secretary has a tract of land on the shores of a most attractive lake, which 

 he intends to use for a bird sanctuary, demonstration, and feeding-station. 

 It is ideally located for the purpose, with an abundance of bird-life, both land 

 and water, frequenting it as their natural habitat. With adjoining property 

 intended to be included in the reservation, the tract will comprise several 

 hundred acres. This will enable the New Hampshire Society to accomplish 



