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University the esteem and best wishes of the members and officers. 



(Signed by the officers of the Society and members of the Ex- 

 ecutive Board.) 



Prof. James responded thanking the Society for llie token of 

 esteem and bespoke for his successor the same kindness and 

 sympathy in his work that had been accorded to him. 



Prof. Mickleborough, of Brooklyn, N.Y., who was present, by 

 re(]uest, addressed the Society, congratulating it upon the work ac- 

 complished during the past two or three years. 



Mr. Wm. Hubbell Fisher presented the following resolution : 



"Resolved: that the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 

 fully and heartily endorse the statements and sentiments of the 

 President's address and those of the " memorial " presented to Prof. 

 Jos. F James." 



Upon motion, duly secorded, the resolution was unanimously 

 adopted. 



Miss Lizzie Laws, Miss Annie Laws and Mr. A. C. Siewers 

 were proposed for members, and Messrs. H. F. Farny and T. H. 

 Norton elected to active membership. 



Prof. Jos. F. James offered his resignation as Librarian. 



The resignation was accepted and the election of a successor 

 ordered for the next meeting. 



Dr. Dun then presented to the Society the newly elected Cus- 

 todian, Mr. Horace P. Smith. 



Donations were anntninced as follows: From Mrs. Mary 

 Stubbs, seeds and pods of Sweet Cum; from R. H. Warder, Vol- 

 ume of Essays and Addresses by John H Warder; from Prof. (iCO. 

 W. Harper, steel plate Portrait; from R. O. Collis, Trays of ani 

 mal bones from Madisonville; from A. E. Heighway, M. D, 

 si)ecimen of Canada Porcupine ; from T. J. McAvoy, specimens 

 of Snake, Frogs, and Bat, specimen of Tetradium fibratum ; from 

 G. H. Curtis, one slide of Diatoms ; from Zoological Carden, 

 skin and skull of Ojipossum ; from T. P. Gore, Specimen show- 

 ing union of sajilings ; from Chief Signal Officer, U. S. A., 

 "Monthly Weather Review"; from Mrs. R. W. Summers, Her- 

 barium specimens ; from Geo. C. James, specimens of Lignuni- 

 vitos ; from Dr. O. D. Norton, skin of Rocky Mountain Lion, 

 specimen of Tin Ore ; from Alex. Starbuck, eighty s]:)ecimens of 

 Bird Skins. 



