CONTENTS. 



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Begular Meeting, Monday, January 3, 1876, 1 



S. C. Oliver, Oo the Instinct and Intelligence of Animals, 1. 



Eegular Meeting, Monday, January 17, 1876, .... 4 



John Robinson, On Salix discolor, 4. G. M. White, On Pottery, 4. 

 John J. Hutchinson, Communication in relation to Abby W. Dit- 

 more's will, 4. 



Special Meeting, Monday, January 31, 1876, .... 6 



E. S. Atwood, On the Manufacture of Silver Plated Ware, 6. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, February 7, 1876, . - ;.: '.->?': ..' . 9 



S. G. W. Benjamin, On the Theory and Practice of Art, 9. 

 Eegular Meeting, Monday, February 21, 1876, . . . .13 



A New Draft of the By-laws read, 13. N. H. Chamberlain, " On the 

 Way of Making Orators," 19. 



Eegular Meeting, Monday, March 6, 1876, 21 



W. P. Upham, On Incidents during the Occupancy of Boston by the 

 British Troops in 1775-6, 21. 



Wednesday, March 8, 1876, ........ 23 



A. H. Johnson's 1st Lecture on the Relation of Mind to the Nervous 

 System, 23. 



Wednesday, March 15, 1876, 24 



A. H. Johnson's 2nd Lecture on the Relation of Mind to the Nervous 

 System, 24. 



Eegular Meeting, Monday, March 20, 1876, 26 



John Robinson, On Ferns, 26. 



Wednesday, March 22, 1876, .27 



A. H. Johnson's 3rd Lecture of his course, 27. 

 Wednesday, March 29, 1876, 30 



A. H. Johnson's 4th Lecture, 30. 



Eegular Meeting, Monday, April 17, 1876, . ... .33 

 C. H. Higbee, On Sea-weeds, 33. 



Eegular Meeting, Monday, May 1, 1876, 33 



F. W. Putnam, On the Ancient Peruvians, 34. 



Annual Meeting, Monday, May 15, 1876, 37 



Retrospect of the year, Members, 39; Meetings, 46; Lectures and Con- 

 certs, 47; Art Exhibition, 48; Library, 48; Museum, 49; Publications, 

 50; Centennial Exhibition, 50; Financial, 51 ; Officers elected, 52. 



Eegular Meeting, Monday, June 5, 1876, 63 



F. W. Putnam, On Ancient Gold Images, from Graves near Bogota, 53. 



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