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and iiKilos sell at only about half price ; the male is much poorer than 

 the Ibmale in meat. 



Mr. T. T. Bouve rose to speak of the financial condition of 

 the Society and its enlarged needs in the new building, and 

 showed that the capital which had hitherto barely supported 

 the Society, would now manifestly be wholly insufficient for 

 its maintenance. In this connection he read a letter recently 

 received from Dr. William J. "Walker, to whom the Society 

 is already so largely indebted, wherein he promised to give 

 to the Society another $20,000, on condition that they would 

 raise a like sum, the whole to be funded and used by the 

 Society as a working capital. Mr. Bouve urged very earn- 

 estly that every member of the Society should give his di- 

 rect personal effort toward the raising of the sum sufficient 

 to secure so generous a donation. 



After remarks by Kev. Mr. Waterston, Dr. C. T. Jackson 

 and the President, it was moved by Rev. Mr. Waterston 

 that a committee be appointed to consider and suggest the 

 best method of raising the proposed fund. 



Mr. Bouve remarked that a committee consisting of Prof. 

 Wm. B. Rogers, Dr. C. T. Jackson and himself had already 

 been appointed by the Council for a similar purpose, to re- 

 port at this meeting of the Society, but that they had been 

 unable as yet to effect anything ; he hoped that any commit- 

 tee appointed would call a special meeting to hear their re- 

 port. 



Rev. Mr. Waterston amended his motion by moving that 

 the Council committee, with an addition of three members of 

 the Society, should be appointed as a committee for the pur- 

 pose indicated, whereupon the motion, being seconded, was 

 passed, and the names of Messrs. Waterston, R. C. Greenleaf 

 and M. D. Ross were proposed and accepted. 



Dr. C. T. Jackson moved that the President be added, 

 which motion was passed ; and subsequently, on motion of 

 Mr. Bouve, Drs. A. A. Gould and J. C. White were added ; 

 so that the committee as amended consisted of nine, as fol- 

 lows : — Messrs. Bouve, Rogers, Jackson, Waterston, Green- 

 leaf, Ross, Wyman, Gould and White. 



Mr. Bouve announced that at the next meeting he should 



