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The Society then proceeded to ballot for officers for 

 the ensuing year ; and the following officers were de- 

 clared elected : — 



Vice-Presidents, 

 Charles T. Jackson, M. D., and D. Humphreys Storer, M. D. 



Corresponding Secretary, 

 Samuel L. Abbot, M. D. 



Recording Secretary, 

 Benjamin S. Shaw, M. D. 



Treasurer, 

 Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, M. D. 



Librarian, 

 Charles K. Dillaway. 



Curators, 



Thomas T. Bouve, Of Geology. 



Jeffries Wyman, M. D. Comp. Anatomy. 



Thomas M. Brewer, M. D. Oology. 



John Bacon, M. D. Mineralogy. 



Thomas J. Whittemore, Conchology. 



Samuel Kneeland, Jr., M. D. Ichthyology. 



Henry Bryant, M. D. Ornithology. 



Silas Durkee, M. D. Entomology^ 



Charles J. Sprague, Botany. 



J. Nelson Borland, M. D. Herpetology. 



John P. Reynolds, M. D. Crustacea and Radiata. 



Cabinet Keeper, 

 Charles Stodder. 



The following gentlemen were appointed a Committee 

 to nominate a candidate for the office of President, to 

 report at an adjourned meeting to be held upon the first 

 Wednesday of June, viz: Dr. A. A. Gould, Prof. Jeffiies 



