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 yanuary 5, 1874. 



James B. Eads, President, in the chair. 



Thirty-nine memhers present. 



The Committee who were charged with the duty of framing 

 resoUitions espressive of the sense of the Academy of Science 

 upon occasion of the lamented decease of Professor Agassiz, at 

 Cambridge, Mass., on the 14th of December, 1873, begged leave 

 to report the following, which were unanimously adopted : 



That the members of this Academy have heard with profound regret of 

 the great loss which this country, in common with the whole world of 

 science, has sustained in the death of Professor Louis Agassiz, the distin- 

 guished zoologist, whose valuable instruction and illustrious example 

 have contributed so largely to awaken renewed interest in scientific stu- 

 dies in America, and whose many important works in Zoology, Palaeon- 

 tology, and Geology, have accomplished so much for the advancement of 

 science in general. 



That his labors in this kind have been so vast and various, and his 

 merits so great, and both so well known, that it would be in vain for us 

 to attempt to signalize them here, further than to record in this manner 

 our high admiration of his abilities, genius, and character, and our grati- 

 tude for a life devoted with singular zeal and entireness to the lofty pur- 

 pose of enlarging the bounds of human knowledge and increasing the 

 good of mankind. 



That as a mark of sympathy a copy of these resolutions be communi- 

 cated to the family of the deceased. 



A letter was read from Prof Spencer F, Baird, of Washington, 

 D. C, relating to the publication of condensed abstracts of the 

 proceedings of scientific societies in the New York " Tribune." 

 The matter was referred to the Recording Secretary, with liberty 

 to furnish such abstracts of our proceedings as he might deem 

 proper. 



A letter was read from Dr. Joseph S. Copes, of New Orleans, 

 acknowledging his election as a corresponding member. 



A letter was received from Henry Dexter, Esq., of Cambridge, 

 Mass., offering to furnish the Academy with a duplicate in plas- 

 ter of Paris of his bust of Agassiz, at the price of $25. The Cor- 

 responding Secretary was authorized to order a copy. 



Exchanges received were laid upon the table. 



The Corresponding Secretary submitted his Annual Report for 

 the year 1873, which was read and accepted. 



