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S. Burbank and J. A. Allen. Those who took the most prominent part during the last 

 five years were S. H. Scudder, Alpheus Hyatt, F. W. Putnam, M. E. Wadsworth, Edward 

 Burgess, W. H. Niles, W. 0. Crosby, E. P. Austin, Dr. H. A. Hagen, Dr. Thomas M. 

 Brewer, Dr. W. G. Farlow, Dr. C. S. Minot, Thomas T. Bouve", Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, L. S. 

 Burbank, Dr. Samuel Kneeland, Dr. B. Joy Jeffries, Kev. George F. Wright, and Dr. 

 G. L. Goodale. 



The average attendance each year during the decade at the general meetings was as 

 follows : 



1870-71 18 meetings, an attendance of 40 1875-76 18 meetings, an attendance of 33 



71-72 18 " " 32 76-77 19 " " 33 



72-73 18 " " 26 77-78 16 " 35 



73-74 16 " " 54 78-79 16 " " 31 



74-75 18 " " 57 79-80 16 " 40 



The average of all these is somewhat larger than during any previous ten years, being 

 thirty-eight. That of the previous ten years was thirty-six. The great increase of attend- 

 ance in the years 1873-74 and 1874-75 was due largely perhaps to the change made in 

 giving notices of the meetings, the custom being first adopted in the fall of 1873 to desig- 

 nate the subjects that were to be brought before them. 



The attendance at the meetings of the sections was as follows : 

 Of Entomology, 



1870-71 5 meetings, average attendance, 10 1875-76 4 meetings, average attendance, 8 



71-72 7 " " 11 76-77 1 " "8 



72-73 7 " 9 77-78 6 " " " 9 



73-74 6 " " " 12 78-79 9 " " " 10 



74.75 5 g 79-80 7 " " " 8 



Of Microscopy, 



1870-71 5 meetings, average attendance, 11 1873-74 I meeting, attendance, 12 



71-72 5 . " " " 12 74-75 2 meetings, average 9 



72-73 1 meeting, attendance, 12 



The little interest manifested in this section led to its dissolution in 1875. Its revival 

 was authorized by the Council in 1879, and one meeting followed with an attendance of 

 nine persons ; it was the only one. 



Of Botany, section formed in 1876, 



1876-77 8 meetings, average attendance, 'J7 1878-79 6 meetings, average attendance, 7 



77-78 2 " "18 



Interest in this section was shown as long as able botanists appeared to address the 

 members. As soon as this ceased to be the case the attendance fell off. 



The large and important part of the work of the Society done through the Committees 

 of the Council makes it proper to give the names of all such members as have served 

 upon these during the decade. They are as follows : 



On the Library. C. K. Dillaway, J. E. Cabot, Dr. T. M. Brewer, William T. Brigham, 

 Dr. A. S. Packard, Jr., Edward Burgess, William H. Niles, Samuel H. Scudder, Alpheus 

 Hyatt, N. S. Shaler, J. A. Allen and S. W. Garman. 



On Walker Prizes. Dr. Jeffries Wyman, C. J. Sprague, Thomas T. Bouve, Dr. Asa 

 Gray, Alexander Agassiz and William B. Rogers. 



