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to be little remainiiiir to he done, aside from cliJinaes 

 made necessary l)y ciiiTont events, save to correct re- 

 maininij errors of fact as they may come to liglit and to 

 renew some of the cuts which are a ijood deal Avorn. 

 Copies of hotli these snide books have been presented to 

 the Hi^h and Grammar Schools of the city. 



The regular publications of the Inj^titute are \vell ad- 

 vanced. The Bulletin for 1895 has been completed, 

 closing Volume xxvii and besides this we have added 

 Volume xxviii, to the Bulletin, completing the 3^ear 

 1896, which contains some scientific communications of 

 exceptional value and a paper on Roger Williams in 

 Salem, by the late Mrs. Henry M. Brooks, while the 

 first half of the year 1897 containing the report of the 

 yearly meeting, and the first half of the year 1898 con- 

 taining the repoit of the Fiftieth Anniversary, are both 

 printed and sent out. It remains to finish the year 1897 

 as soon as scientific material for the purpose shall come 

 to hand, and the year 1898 as soon as the report of this 

 present annual meeting can be sent to press. Thus we 

 have done the work of two and one-half years since the 

 last animal meeting in bringing the Bulletin t^o nearly up 

 to date. 



Pursuant to a vote passed at the last yearly meeting, 

 the half-century annivei\sary of the Society was made the 

 occasion of ceremonies which were exceptionally impress- 

 ive, and of a gathering, from far and near, of persons 

 interested in the Institute which, from its spirit and qual- 

 ity and size, gave the highest hope to those who see the 

 great possibilities of our future and are willing to make 

 sacrifices to secure it. The pi-esence of the President of 

 our leading Universit}^ and of representatives of a lai-ge 

 part of the kindred societies of this county and vicinity; 

 of the ofiicial representatives of His Excellency, the 



