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Messrs. John S. Martin and Edwin Manley were 

 elected Resident Members. 



July 8, 1857. 



MICROSCOPICAL DEPARTMENT. 



Dr. Silas Durkee, Curator, in the Chair. 



It was voted to appoint sub-committees, to whom 

 should be referred specimens for microscopic examina- 

 tion ; and the following were appointed, viz : — 



Anatomy. — Jeffries Wyman, Silas Durkee, A. A. Gould, O. 

 W. Holmes, H. I. Bowditch, J. N. Borland, D. F. Weinland. 



Geology and Mineralogy. — A. A. Hayes, C. T. Jackson, W. 

 B. Rogers, H. D. Rogers, Louis Agassiz, T. T. Bouve. 



Botany. — C. J. Sprague, S. Durkee, C. L.' Andrews. 



Pathology.— T>. S. Shaw, Calvin Ellis, H. J. Bigelow, C. D. 

 Homans. 



Chemistry. — John Bacon, C. T. Jackson, A. A. Hayes, J. P. 

 Cooke, F. H. Storer. 



Messrs. Bacon, Cooke, and Shaw were appointed a committee 

 to examine the specimens of Sorghum saccharatum referred to 

 the department at the previous meeting of the Society. 



July 15, 1857. 



Dr. C. T. Jackson, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Committee of the Council to whom was referred 

 the consideration o' the expediency of raising the Annual 



