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material the name of '' Asphaltic Coal." He thought it 

 would prove to be a valuable article for the manufacture 

 of gas. 



Dr. C. T. Jackson exhibited a specimen of Eupyrchroite, 

 of vi'hich his analysis had been read at the preceding meet- 

 ing. He also exhibited sticks of Phosphorus, which he 

 had made from Phosphate of Lime from New Jersey. 

 He had found that one hundred pounds of the Phosphate 

 would furnish nineteen pounds of Phosphorus. 



Messrs. Edward P. Abbe and George J. Jeffries were 

 elected Resident Members. 



May 1, 1851. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The President in the Chair. 



The several Curators were called upon in turn by the 

 President, for their reports on the condition of the de- 

 partments under their charge. 



The Curator of Botany reported, that during the past year but 

 little had been done in his department. His own ill health had 

 prevented his bestowing so much attention upon it as formerly. 



The Curator of Orniihology reported, that the department 

 under his care is in good condition. One hundred and^two 

 specimens have been added to the collection during the past 

 year, making the whole number of mounted birds belonging to 

 the Society 1,309. Valuable donations have been received 

 from Mrs. G. H. Shaw, Dr. Henry Bryant, Messrs. Algernon 

 Coolidge, J. C. Leighton, Theodore Lyman, W. T. G. Morton, 

 F. C. Brown, Edwin Adams, Doming Jarves, A. H. Ogden, J. 

 E. Cabot, Moses Kimball, The Harvard Society of Natural His- 

 tory, and the Curator. 



