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with which he seconded every effort for our advancement ; for 

 the uniform courtesy with which he presided over our assem- 

 blages, and the kind-heartedness so often evinced there ; for his 

 anxious desire to see around him a band of brothers engaged in 

 the same ennobling pursuits. — actuated by the same spirit, aiming 

 at the same end, we shall ever with gratitude remember him. 



Resolved, That some member of the Society be appointed to 

 prepare a biographical sketch of our late President, to be pre- 

 sented to the Society at a future meeting. 



Resolved, That our deep-felt sympathy be extended to his 

 afflicted fjimily. 



Prof. Jeffries Wyman was chosen, in conformity with 

 the recommendation of the Committee, to prepare a 

 biographical memoir of the late President. 



The Society then adjourned, out of respect to the 

 memory of the deceased. 



May 21, 1856. 



ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING. 



Dr. Silas Durkee in the Chair. 



A letter was read from Francis Alger, Esq., notifying 

 the Society of his resignation of the office of Curator of 

 Mineralogy. 



The Annual Reports of the Curators were read and 

 accepted. 



The Curator of Ornithology called particular notice to the 

 magnificent donation of birds from the Government Museum of 

 Natural History of Victoria, as one of the most valuable dona- 

 tions ever made to this department of the cabinet ; the collection 



