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at Boston, Feb. 8, 1869, aged 60 years. Charles W. Brewster, died 

 at Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 4, 1868, aged 66. J. Vincent Browne, died 

 at Salem, Aug. 29, 1868, aged 66. Henry P. Herrick, died at Beverly, 

 Mch. 31, 1869, aged 58. Warren M. Jacobs, died at Peabody, July 8, 

 1868, aged 60. Joseph S. Leavitt, died at Salem, Aug. 17, 1868, aged 

 71. Charles Mansfield, d. at Salem, Oct. 22, 1868, aged 67. J. V. 

 Scripture, died at Lincoln, Aug. 9, 1868, aged 29. Short biographical 

 notices will be prepared for the Historical Collections. 



No lectures have been delivered under the direction of the Insti- 

 tute during the past year, outside of its regular meetings, unless the 

 eloquent address of Hon. Charles W. Upham, delivered at a special 

 meeting, upon the life and character of the former President, Francis 

 Peabody, may be so regarded. The correspondence of the Institute 

 has been very voluminous. The number and character of its letters 

 indicate that the Institute is continually attracting the cordial interest 

 of naturalists and antiquarians, not only in our own country but in 

 Europe. 



The annual publications are three in number, viz : The HISTORICAL 

 COLLECTIONS, the NATURALIST'S DIRECTORY, and the BULLETIN. 



The Historical Collections has commenced a new series with Vol. 

 9, and discarding the small quarto form, now appears as an octaA'O. 



The Naturalist's Directory meets with great favor, and measures 

 have been taken to secure its prompt correction as the lapse of time 

 may require. 



The BULLETIN is intended to replace the Proceedings hitherto pub- 

 lished and to give to the public a portion of the communications made 

 at the meetings. A brief summary of all the proceedings at each 

 meeting will be given, including the recent correspondence, and 

 donations to the library and museum; deficiencies existing in the 

 collections will be stated, and the methods by which its friends may 

 best aid in rendering them more complete. The more extended his- 

 torical and scientific papers, especially those that require to be fully 

 illustrated, will be reserve^ for publication in another form. The sci- 

 entific communications wijl probably be assumed by the Trustees of 

 the Peabody Academy 01* Science, and printed under their auspices, in 

 . the Memoirs of the Academy. 



From the foregoing statements it will be seen that the Institute 

 maintains a steady and healthful growth. Some may regard the omis- 

 sion of a course of lectures and social entertainments, such as are 

 mentioned in the report of the previous year, as an indication of de- 

 clining zeal. On the contrary, those who are acquainted with the 

 present circumstances of the Institute know that these omissions 

 have been made necessary by the sudden introduction of new meas- 

 ures for advancing the objects of the Institute, which have called for 

 the undivided attention and unremitting labors of our more prominent 



