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Resolved, 1. That the thanks of the Association be presented 
to Prof. Silliman, for the interesting lecture delivered by him last 
evening. 
2. That the thanks of the Association be presented to the Acad- 
emy of Natural Sciences for the use of their rooms during the. 
present session. 
3. That the sincere thanks of the Association be presented to 
Prof. Siiliman, for the highly able manner in which he has dis- 
charged the duties of chairman at the present annual meeting. 
4, That the thanks of the Association be presented to Dr. Beck 
for the able and laborious manner in which he has discharged the 
duties of secretary throughout the first year, and at the present 
meeting. Also that the thanks of the Association be given to 
Messrs. B. Silliman, Jr. and Charles B. Trego, for their valu- 
able services as-assistant secretaries. 
On motion of Prof. Rogers, amended by B. Silliman, Jr., it 
was Resolved, That the Association publish five hundred copies 
_ of the address of Prof. Hitchcock, under the direction of the sec- 
-Tetaries, which shall be distributed, as soon as practicable, to all 
the members of the Association ; and that the expense of publi- 
cation be defrayed by a pro rata charge on each member, to be 
paid at the next meeting of the Association in Boston. Such 
copies as are not distributed to members under eo resolution, to 
be sold for the benefit of the Association. 
On motion of Prof. J. C. Booth, it was also Resolved, That the 
hames of all the officers of the Association, of the local commit- 
tee, and the names and addresses of all the members of the As- 
sociation, be appended to the address of Prof, Hitchcock. 
The Association then adjourned to meet in Boston on the last 
- Monday in April next, (1842.) © | 
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die B. Sutuman, Chairman. 
L..C. Beck, Secretary. 
B. Sais, Jr. : Assistant Secretaries. 
ARLES B. TRreEGo, 
IL Boston Society of Natural History. 
At a regular megtne of the Society, held on the 21st day of 
April, 1841, 
Br. €..T. go te having announced that at the late meeting 
in eens of the Association of American geologists, it had 
