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Also, " All my other microscopic drawings, sketches, or micro- 

 scopic memoranda, to be kept or destroyed, in any part, at the 

 option of the Society." 



Also, " Such of the following books as are not possessed by 

 the Society, viz : Ehrenberg's Microgeologie, and all my other 

 German Scientific Books ; also, all my books, pamphlets, &c., 

 relating to Algse, Diatomacese, Microscopic Botany, and His- 

 tology ; also, Lindley and Hutton's Fossil Flora, and all my 

 other Botanical Books." 



Also, " My ' Scientific Letters,' in packages so marked, with 

 the privilege of destroying such as are of no value to the Society, 

 as autographs, &c." 



" I desire that my Executor shall stipulate with the Boston 

 Society of Natural History, to which I have made valuable be- 

 quests, that such bequests shall be placed in a case or cases by 

 themselves, and that my sons, who may be at college at Cam- 

 bridge, may have such access to such case or cases, for the pur- 

 pose of study or examination, as may be consistent with the rules 

 of said Society." 



Dr. Gould, after remarking upon the great value of 

 this bequest to the Society, upon its importance to 

 science in the study of microscopic recent and fossil 

 forms, offered the following resolutions, which were unani- 

 mously adopted : — 



Resolced, That while acknowledging the receipt of the bequest 

 of the late Prof Bailey, the Society would express its gratifica- 

 tion at having been made the depository of collections containing 

 original and authentic specimens of microscopic forms and Algje, 

 which must ever remain the ultimate and standard objects of 

 reference, in this country, in the study of those subjects ; i^ledg- 

 ing itself to secure, as far as practicable, their preservation, and 

 to make them as extensively useful as possible. 



Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to receive and report 

 upon the bequest, and also to execute the expressed wish of 

 Prof. Bailey, that his "bequests shall be placed in a case or 

 eases by themselves." 



Resolved, That the request of W. P. Blake, Esq., be granted. 



