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call for microscopic reports, papers, remarks, or exhibitions, in 

 the order here named ; and such reports, papers, remarks, or exhi- 

 bitions shall be in order during the continuance of the meeting, 

 provided that no business matter properly belonging to the Annual 

 Meeting of the Society shall be thus superseded at the regular 

 or adjourned Annual Meetings. 



Resolved, That this department shall have the use of the 

 Library Room of the Society for its meetings when desired. 



Resolved, That the proceedings of this department shall be 

 published in the Journal and Proceedings of this Society, subject 

 to the decision of the Publishing Committee of the Society. 



A Committee, appointed to nominate a candidate for 

 the office of Curator of the Department of Microscopy, 

 reported the name of Dr. Silas Durkee, and he was 

 accordingly chosen Curator of the Department. 



Prof. John Bacon exhibited a package of Bailey's 

 Universal Indicators, received from Mr. Gavitt, of Al- 

 bany, and intended for the use of the Society. Observers, 

 making use of Prof. Bailey's mounted specimens, and 

 being in possession of one of these indicators, may easily 

 find any special object upon the slide which had been 

 referred to or described by Prof. B. 



Mr. C. J. Sprague announced the Donation by Benja- 

 min D. Greene, Esq., the first President of the Society, 

 of his very extensive and valuable Herbarium. A Com- 

 mittee, consisting of Messrs. Sprague and Durkee, was 

 appointed to draw up a series of resolutions, expressive 

 of the gratitude of the Society for the donation, and of 

 its proper estimation of its value. 



The Curator of Crustacea and Radiata, Mr. Theodore 

 Lyman, was empowered to loan Mr. Bowerbank of 

 London, certain specimens of sponges, to aid him in 

 the publication of a work upon this subject. 



