be and they are hereby' tendered to Mr. L. D. Hnnt- 

 ingtou, Mr. Frank J. Amsden, and Dr. Tarleton H. 

 Bean, the retiring President, Treasurer, and Secretary, 

 for the efficient services tendered the Society in the 

 past year, by putting it on a better financial basis and 

 increasing the public interest therein. 



Mr. Babcock called upon the new President, Mr. 

 Whitaker, to put the motion to the house. 



Mr. Whitaker : Courtesy will not permit the sit- 

 ting President to present this motion ; and therefore, 

 at the suggestion of our friend from New York, I will 

 put the motion to the house. 



Unanimousl}' carried. 



The President put the question to the house 

 whether to go on with the reading of the papers or to 

 postpone them until tomorrow. 



The President : It is understood that the reading 

 of the papers is postponed until tomorrow. 



Mr. Dickerson : I move that the Secretary be 

 requested to insert the picture of Judge Potter in the 

 transactions of this meeting, with the memorial. 



Carried. 



Mr. Mather announced that his article on scallops, 

 which was announced to appear in the July number of 

 the Popular Science Monthl}^, would be deferred until 

 the August number. 



On motion, adjourned to meet on the steamer 

 J^alley Girl 2X nine o'clock on Thursday morning. 



Second Day, Thursday, May 2IvST, 1896. 



Meeting called to order by President Huntington 

 on steamer Valley Girl. 



In the absence of Dr. Bean, the Recording Secre- 

 tary, A. N. Cheney, Recording Secretary-elect, acted 

 as Secretary. 



