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of hope in a glorious future ; only for ourselves, we may feel sad that 

 we shall no more meet his kindly and genial greeting, or receive in- 

 struction from his pen. 



In conclusion I offer the following resolutions : — 



Resolved^ That the members of the Boston Society of Natural His- 

 tory recognize in the death of their late distinguished associate. Dr. 

 Edward Hitchcock, the loss to themselves and to the public of a man 

 of comprehensive ability, of untiring devotion to the cause of science 

 and of great pi-ivate worth. 



Resolved, That this action of the Society be communicated to the 

 bereaved family of the deceased. 



The Treasurer, before presenting his report, announced 

 that the subscriptions to the Working Fund had reached the 

 desired amount, and that the endowment of 140,000 had thus 

 been secured. 



The total receipts for the year amounted to $24,955.90, 

 which added to the balance of last year made the whole sum 

 $36,239.35. Of this, $7,700 were subscriptions to the Work- 

 ing Fund already paid. There had been expended during 

 the year $31,121.16, of which $27,773.07 were for building 

 purposes. The Avhole property of the Society, not including 

 the Collection and Library, might be approximately estimated 

 at $176,818. Cash on hand at close of year, $4,118.19. 



The report of the Trustees of the Courtis Fund was also 

 presented. 



The Committee to audit the Treasurer's accounts made no 

 report. 



The Librarian, Mr. Dillaway, in presenting his thirty-first 

 and final annual report, gave an interesting account of the pro- 

 gi'ess of the Society in every department during his long 

 connection with it. The library, at the time of his first an- 

 nual report, contained about 200 volumes, most of which were 

 of little value ; it now contains over 6,000 volumes of great 

 value. In 1833 the Society had published nothing and had 

 no exchanges ; now the Journal and Proceedings go to every 

 kindred Society in America and Europe. Since the last an- 

 nual meeting there have been received fi'om donations, 915 

 volumes and 559 pamphlets and parts of volumes. This 

 includes the munificent bequest of the late Dr. Greene. From 

 exchanges have been received 40 volumes and 197 parts of 



