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Resolved, 1. That the thanks of the Association be presented 

 to Prof. Silliman, for the interesting lecture deUvered by him last 

 evening. 



2. That the thanks of the Association be presented to the Acad- 

 emy of Natural Sciences for the use of their rooms during the 

 present session. 



3. That the sincere thanks of the Association be presented to 

 Prof. SiUiman^ for the highly able manner in which he has dis- 

 charged the duties of chairman at the present annual meeting. 



4. That the thanks of the Association be presented to Dr. Beck 

 for the able and laborious manner in which he has discharged the 

 duties of secretary throughout the first year, and at the present 

 meeting. Also that the thanks of the Association be given to 

 Messrs. B. Sillim-an, Jr. and Charles B. Trego, for their valu- 

 able services as assistant secretaries. 



On motion of Prof. Rogers, amended by B. Silliman, Jr., it 

 was Resolved, That the Association publish five hundred copies 

 of the address of Prof. Hitchcock, under the direction of the sec- 

 retaries, which shall be distributed, as soon as practicable, to all 

 the members of the Association ; and that the expense of publi- 

 cation be defrayed by a pro rata charge on each member; to be 

 paid at the next meeting of the iVssociation in Boston. Such 

 copies as are not distributed to members under this resolution, to 

 be sold for the benefit of the Association. 



On motion of Prof. J. C. Booth, it was also Resolved, That the 

 names of all the officers of the Association, of the local commit- 

 tee, and the names and addresses of all the members of the As- 

 sociation, be appended to the address of Prof. Hitchcock. 



The Association then adjourned to meet in Boston on the last 

 Monday in April next, (1842.) 



B. SiLLiMAN, Chairman. 



L. C. Beck, Secretary. 



B. SiLLIMAN, Jr. ? ^ • / J c. J • 



/-. r) m ^ Assistant Secretaries. 



Charles B. Trego, > 



II. Boston Society of Natural History. 



At a regular meeting of the Society, held on, the 21st day of 

 April, 1841, 



Dr. C. T. Jackson having announced that at the late meeting 

 in Philadelphia of the Association of American geologists, it had 



