142 ss ANNUAL REPORT. 
Seah On ' Ornithology. 
A committee on Ornithology was proposed, but it was finally 
decided that a paper on that subject should be provided without 
such a committee. . 
Good words were spoken for several birds, and some bad words 
for others. 
Final Resolutions. 
The report of the committee on final resolutions was called for 
and read. The report was accepted and adopted, passing the res- 
olutions, which were as follows : 
Dr. President: 
The committee on final resolutions beg leave to report.— 
First Resolved, That the members of this Society from abroad hereby 
tender their sincere thanks to the Committee on Arrangements, for the pro- 
vision they have made for our satisfaction and comfort. 
Second Resolved, That we extend to this city our best wishes for its 
prosperity and welfare, and especially to those families who have so kindly 
entertained us during our stay among them. 
Third Resolved. That we instruct our Secretary to furnish those fam- 
ilies each with a copy of the current year’s reports when published, as a 
memento of our thanks. The members furnishing the Secretary with the 
names of those entitled to receive them. 
Fourth Resolved, That our sincere thanks be and are hereby extended to 
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and the Winona & St. Peter Railroad 
Companies for their generous actions in passing us over their roads at 
reduced rates, and we assure them that we do not come here in our own be- 
half but in the Horticultural interests of this great State, and our hearts are 
in the work, and in performing that work we trust that all will be mutually 
benefited and we hereby assure all with whom we have had intercourse, that 
they will be remembered long after we have dispersed and retired to our 
several homes. 
WIVES OF MEMBERS. 
A resolution was offered amending the By-Laws so as to make 
the wives of members, members of the Society without fee. 
At 10 o’clock p. m. the Society adjourned. 
