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May 19, 1847. 



The President in the Chair. 



The Annual Address having been assigned for this day, a 

 numerous and respectable audience of members and friends 

 of the Society were in attendance. 



The Reports of Curators were presented and read by Dr. 

 Storer, Vice President ; an abstract of which follows. 



The Curator of Botamj reports, That the additions to the Bo- 

 tanical Collection of the Society are confined to a small, but ex- 

 cellent Herbarium of Plants, collected in the vicinity of Apalachi- 

 cola, containing several rare and beautiful species, viz. Bletia 

 aphylla, Aceratus viridis, four species of Sarracenia, Tarrega 

 taxifolia, an undescribed Gerardia, and an undescribed Jusii- 

 cia, &c. 



The Curator of Comparative Anatomy reports, That his de- 

 partment of the Cabinet continues to be increased by the addition 

 of new specimens, both from foreign and domestic sources ; par- 

 ticular mentionof which will be found in the printed Proceedings 

 of the Society. 



The Curator, in anticipation of the labor necessarily attendant 

 on the removal of the Collection to a new hall, which it is hoped 

 may be accomplished before another Annual Meeting, calls on 

 those who have heretofore labored in this department, to renew 

 their efforts ; and invites other and younger coadjutors to lend 

 their aid. 



The Curator of Ictliyology and Herpetology reports, That in 

 consequence of the insufhciency of room in the Society's Hall, 

 no changes have been practicable in the general arrangement of 

 the Specimens belonging to these departments ; and that, as in 

 years past, a large number of valuable specimens, especially of 

 Reptiles, are still necessarily withheld from public exhibition. 



Valuable additions have been made to the Cabinet during the 

 past year, for which the Society is more especially indebted to 



