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the musuem activities and also to inform the members of meetings and 

 matters of general interest. 



The Board has elected one member to patronship, Mr. Alanson Skinrer, 

 in recognition of his valuable gift of Indian relics to the museum. The 

 Board has also elected two corresponding members, Jonathan Dwight, Jr., 

 A.B., A.M., of New York, physician and ornithologist, and William 

 Brewster, A.B., A.M., of Cambridge, Mass., ornithologist and manager 

 of the Brewster Museum. 



During the year the Board also elected the following to active mem- 

 bership : John Q. Adams, Mrs. John Q. Adams, Bradford B. Babbit, Mrs. 

 Bradford B. Babbit, Mrs. Bertha K. Baker, Mrs. Darwin L. Bardwell, 

 Joseph. J. Barth, Miss Mary A. M. Bayne, Mrs. George R. Boynton, Mrs. 

 Edward C. Bridgman, Charles S. Burch, Mrs. Charles S. Burch, Miss S. 

 Gertrude Clark, Miss Elizabeth B. Curtis, John J. Driscoll, Benjamin F. 

 Funk, Abel J. Grout, William M. Halloran, Frank Hankinson, James 

 Harrigan, Miss Zillah Heidenheim, Thomas O. Horton, Mrs. Charles 

 Humphrey, Mrs. Charles W. Hunt, John P. Ilsley, Mrs. John P. Ilsley, 

 Mrs. Charles H. Ingalls, Mrs. Mary L. Janeway, Henry C. Johnston, Mrs. 

 Marcel Kahle, Emil F. Kipper, Miss Lucy J. Kipper, George C. Lenington, 

 Louis W. Levy, Nathan J. Lowe, John Macrea, James C. Marriot, James 

 McBrien, Frank G. McCreery, Miss Mary B. MillspaUgh, Leonard McC. 

 L. Mitchill, James Nolan, Miss Agnes L. Pollard, Miss Edith M. 

 Pollard, Michael J. Reardon, Edward J. Russell, Charles Schaefer, Mrs. 

 Emily Sears, William L. Sexton, Alexander D. Shaw, Charles M. Ship- 

 man, Arthur Sloan, John W. Tilley, Henry E. Wallace, Mrs. Henry E. 

 Wallace, Mrs. Park J. White, Mrs. William G. Willcox, Miss Annie F. 

 Wood, Miss Elizabeth M. Woodruff. 



Respectfully submitted for the Board, 

 Arthur Hollick, 

 Secretary. 



Annual Report of the Executive Committee 



The committee held four meetings and transacted all business referred 

 to it by the Board for investigation or determination. 



Other matters requiring attention were also considered and acted on 

 and subsequently reported to and approved by the Board. 



Arthur Hollick, 



Secretary. 



Annual Report of the Auditing Committee 



The committee examined the books and accounts and audited the 

 annual and quarterly reports of the treasurer, dated respectively May 16. 

 1908, October 3, 1908, January 2, 1909, and April 3, 1909. The same were 

 found to be correct in all particulars, and were so certified by the 

 committee. George S. Humphrey, Chairman, 



Stafford C. Edwards. 



