NOTICE. 



With this volume of the PROCEEDINGS AND COMMU- 

 NICATIONS OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE the publication is 

 brought to a close. 



The proceedings at the meetings of the Institute since 

 the close of the year 1868 have been published in the 

 monthly BULLETIN of the Institute, in which journal the 

 communications made at the meetings have also been 

 printed in full or by abstract. 



The Bulletin of the Institute is a monthly sheet of 

 about 16 pages and is distributed free to members, or 

 mailed to any address on the receipt of the subscription 

 of $1.00 per annum. EDITOR. 



