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 May 5, 1852. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The President in the Chair. 



The President reminded the Society that this was the 

 Annual Meeting, and he congratulated the members on the 

 year that had passed. During that time, the meetings had 

 been fully attended, and the Proceedings contained many 

 interesting and valuable communications. The present 

 condition of the Society must be very gratifying to all its 

 well-wishers. He then called on the Curators for their 

 Reports, who replied as follows : — 



The Curator of Botany reported, that there had been during 

 the year no additions in his departnaent. His own engagements, 

 and the state of his health, had prevented his devoting any time 

 to it. He therefore begged leave to decline being considered a 

 candidate for reelection. 



The Curator of Ornithology reported, that during the year 

 about thirty specimens had been added to the Collection of Birds, 

 and eight, one of them quite valuable, had been stolen. The 

 Collection is in excellent condition. 



The Curator of Geology reported, that the condition of the 

 Cabinet under his charge is but little changed since the last 

 Annual Meeting. Some improvement has been made in the 

 arrangement of specimens, and the number of these has been 

 increased by several donations, though fewer have been received 

 than has usually been the case during the same period. The 

 most important accession was that of a collection of Fossil Plants 

 from the coal field of Massachusetts. 



The Curator of Icthyology reported, that some valuable dona- 

 tions had been made to the Department. For these the Society 

 is indebted to W. O. Ayres, Esq., Dr. Samuel Cabot, Dr. D. H. 

 Storer, Mr. H. R. Storer, and Dr. J. Mason Warren. 



