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Eadiates ; four, six of Sponges ; six, thirteen Geological ; eighteen, 

 about one thousand eight hundred Fossils ; seventeen, about ninety of 

 Minerals ; ten, fifty to the Herbarium. Thus nearly eight thousand 

 specimens have been received in the Natural History department. 



Some tvpenty donations have been made to the Museum of the His- 

 torical department, not including the manuscripts and books. 



While the collections are in this transition state a farther report 

 cannot readily be made. 



The foUovs'ing ofpiceks were elected for the year ending May, 1869 : 



President. 

 HENRY WHEATLAND. 



Vice Presidents. 



Of Natural History — S. P. Fowler. Of Horticulture — Wm. Sutton. 

 Of History — Abner C. Goodell, Jk. 



Becording and Home Secretary. 

 A. H. Johnson. 



Foreign Secretary. 

 A. S. Packard, Jr. 



Librarian. 

 Alpheus Hyatt. 



Superintendent of the Museum. 

 F. W. Putnam. 



Finance Committee. 



J. C. Lee, R. S. Rogers, G. D. Phippen, James Upton, S. Endicott 

 Peabody, Robert Brookhouse. 



Lecture Committee. 



James Kimball, A. C. Goodell, jr., Wm. C. Endicott, George Perkins, 

 G. D. Phippen, E. S. Morse. 



Field Meeting Committee. 



G. B. Loring, Samuel P. Fowler, C. M. Tracy, E. N. Walton, Charles 

 Davis, A. W. Dodge, J. R. Nichols, H. C. Perkins. 



Publication Committee. 



A. C. Goodell, jr., William P. Upham, F. W. Putnam, C. M. Tracy, 

 R. S. Rantoul, A. S. Packard, jr., E. S. Morse, Alpheus Hyatt. 



Library Committee. 

 J. G. Waters, Alpheus Crosby, James Chamberlain, Henry J. Cross. 



