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indulgence with which my efforts have been received by the 

 Society, and the urbanity which has been extended to me by all 

 its members, nor without offering an earnest prayer that the 

 beautiful science of Nature, exhibiting as it does the Divine love 

 and wisdom of the Creator, may continue to be illustrated by 

 your Society, with renewed zeal and untiring diligence." 



On motion of Dr. Charles T. Jackson, it was then 

 Voted, That we sincerely regret the retirement of Mr. 

 Dixvvell from the office which he has so long and so ac- 

 ceptably filled ; and that the thanks of the Society be pre- 

 sented to him for the faithful and satisfactory manner in 

 which he has performed the duties of its Treasurer for six 

 years past. 



The Society then proceeded to ballot for the choice of 

 officers for the year ensuing, and the following gentlemen 

 were unanimously chosen : 



President^ 

 Amos Binney. 



Vice Presidents^ 

 Charles T. Jackson, D. Humphreys Storer. 



Corresponding Secretary^ 

 Augustus A. Gould. 



Recording Secretary^ 

 Thomas Bulfiach. 



Treasurer^ 

 Patrick T. Jackson, Jr. 



Curators^ 

 J. E. Teschemacher, Botany^ 

 T. William Harris, Entomology, 

 Jeffries Wyman, Ichthyology Sf Herpetology, 



Martin Gay, Mineralogy, 



N. B. Shurtleff, Comparatioe Anatomy, 



Thomas T. Bouve, Geology, 

 Samuel Cabot, Jr., Ornithology, 

 Edward Tuckerman, Conchology. 



