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The annual election resulted in the choice of the foUowins: 

 officers : — 



Joseph Lovering, President. 

 Oliver W. Holmes, Vice-Preside7it. 

 JosiAH P. Cooke, Corresponding Secretary. 

 John Trowbridge, Recording Secretary. 

 Henry P. Kidder, Treasurer. 

 Sajmuel H. Scudder, Librarian. 



Council. 



Edward C. Pickering, 



Amos E. Dolbear, \ of Class I. 



Robert H. Richards, 



Henry P. Bowditch, \ 



Asa Gray, \ of Class H. 



Alexander Agassiz, 



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Edward Atkinson, 



James B. Ames, ) of Class HI. 



Justin Winsor, 



Rumford Committee. 



Wolcott Gibbs, John Trowbridge, 



Edward C. Pickering, Josiah P. Cooke, 

 John M. Ordway, Joseph Lovering, 



George B. Clark. 



Member of Committee of Finance. 

 Thomas T. Bouve. 



The President appointed the following standing com- 

 mittees : — 



Committee of Publication. 



Alexander Agassiz, Josiah P. Cooke, 



Amos E. Dolbear. 



