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own chairman and recorder, and hold meetings at such times 

 and places as they please. This affords opportunity for meetings 

 and discussion in any subject within the broad scope of the Asso- 

 ciation's corporate purposes. 



To the Women's Auxiliary Committee we are greatly obliged 

 for conducting most successfully a number of social reunions of 

 the members of the Association and their friends during the year. 

 These gatherings have been uniformly enjoyable, and it is a 

 matter of great regret that the local habitation of the Association 

 is so limited as to make it difficult to accommodate our increasing 

 membership on such occasions. 



And this leads me to express the hope that the day is not far 

 distant when the quarters of the Association will be adequate to 

 its needs and to the dignity and worth of its ambitions. The 

 growth of the museum has far outstripped its present facilities. 

 We have thousands of specimens which cannot be exhibited be- 

 cause we have not space for them. The library has also grown 

 beyond expectation, and will soon transcend the limit of space 

 allotted to it. 



These facts point to the inevitable necessity for larger accom- 

 modation. Just how and when these will be supplied we may 

 not now undertake to forecast. But my confidence in the loyalty 

 and serious purpose of the Association and the splendid zeal and 

 fidelity and ability of my associates in the administration of our 

 affairs, leave no doubt in my mind, at least, that in due time we 

 shall have quite nearly all that we need. 



