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at Beverly, and expressing high appreciation of the 

 influence of the Institute in the cause of popular educa- 

 tion. He exhibited a specimen of coral which he had 

 picked up in Beverly. The chair suggested that it was 

 probably found near the site of an old lime kiln, similar 

 specimens having been found in like places in Salem. 

 The coral was probably brought from the West Indies by 

 the traders on the return trips and was burnt with shells 

 and other materials containing lime collected on the 

 beaches and elsewhere for the lime that was used for 

 building purposes during the provincial period. 



Mr. GOLDSMITH, principal of the And over High School, 

 followed with a few words expressive of the importance 

 he attached to such organizations in the interests of use- 

 ful knowledge. 



Mr. C. H. WEBBER, after a few preliminary remarks, 

 offered the following resolution, which was unanimously 

 adopted. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Essex Institute are 

 due and are hereby tendered to Dr. Jeremiah Spoiford, 

 Dr. Morris Spofford, Rev. John C. Paine, Messrs. Chas. 

 Stickney, D. H. Stickney, Eldred S. Parker, George P. 

 Carlton, O. B. Merrill, B. E. Merrill, Frank Savary, 

 Charles Drew, N. Hopkinson Griffith, Jos. H. Hopkiuson 

 of the Dewhirst line of Haverhill & Groveland Omnibuses, 

 Mrs. Martha W. Parker, Mrs. Moses P. Atwood, Miss 

 A. T. Spoflbrd, and all others who have been active in 

 making our visit to-day so pleasant and profitable. 



Dr. SPOFFORD and Eev. Mr. PAINE of Groveland re- 

 sponded, saying that they were grateful to the party for 

 the visit, and trusting that it might serve to awaken and 

 perpetuate in their locality a deeper love for natural his- 

 tory and scientific attainment. 





