The following officers were elected for the year ensuing, 

 -and until others shall be chosen in their stead, viz : 



President — Daniel A. White. 



Vice Presidents — John L. Russell, James Upton, H. M. 

 Brooks. 



Secretary and Treasurer — Henry Wheatland. 



Librarian — John H. Stone. 



Cabinet Keeper — Richard H. Wheatland. 



Finance Committee — John C. Lee, R. S. Rogers, George 

 1). Phippen, Henry M. Brooks, James Chamberlain. 



Publication Committee — John L. Russell, Henry Wheat- 

 land, George D. Phippen, Ira J. Patch, John H. Stone, 

 George M. Whipple. 



Library Committee — Daniel A. White, David Roberts, S. 

 -P. Fowler. 



Curators of Natural History — In Botany — John L. Rus- 

 sell ; Mammalogy — F. Winsor ; Ornithology — F. W. Put- 

 nam; Herpetology and Ichthyology — R. H. Wheatland; 

 A.rticulata and Radiata — C. Cooke ; MoUusca and Paleon- 

 tology — H. F. King ; Comparative Anatomy — Henry Wheat- 

 land ; Geology — H. P. Shepard ; Mineralogy — D. M. Baldly 



Curators of History — Ethnology — Wm. S. Messervy, M. 

 A. Stickney, F. H. Lee ; Manuscripts — Henry M. Brooks, 

 Ira J. Patch, L. R. Stone, G. L. Streeter, S. B. Buttrick ; 

 Fine Arts — F. Peabody, J. G. Waters. 



Curators of Horticulture — ^Fruits and Vegetables — James 

 Upton, John M. Ives, J. F. Allen, R. S. Rogers, George B. 

 Loring, C. F. Putnam; Flowers — F. Putnam, W. Mack, 

 C. H. Norris ; Gardens — J. L. Russell, J. S. Cabot, J. Ber- 

 ;tram, B. A. West. 



A Committee was appointed, consisting of Messrs. 0. M. 

 Tracy of Lynn, S. P. Fowler of Danvers, John M. Ives of 



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