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Groton ; Elliott Society of Natural History, at Charleston, S. 

 C. ; George F. Cliever, Massachusetts Legislature ; C. W. 

 Upham ; Francis Peabody ; John L. Sibley, of Cambridge ; 

 Stephen B, Ives ; Montreal Society of Natural History ; E. 

 M. Stone, Providence, R. I. ; James Kimball ; Trustees of 

 Boston Public Library ; Henry Stone, of New York, N. Y. ; 

 J. C. Holmes, Secretary Michigan State Agricultural Society ; 

 City of Boston ; Thomas Trask ; I. A. Lapham, of Milwaukie, 

 Wn. ; George B. Jewett ; Mrs. N. J). Cole ; John H. Stone ; 

 Charles F. Carney, of Boston. 



To the Cabinets — from Moses Porter, ofPanvers ; Charles 

 F. WiUiams: Samuel Jillson, of Feltonville ; B. F. Mudge, 

 of Lynn ; Haskell of Marblehead ; George A. Perkins; D. 

 F. Weinland, of Cambridge ; F. W. Putnam ; W. H. A. 

 Putnam ; John Burchstead, of Hamilton ; William Prescott ; 

 James M. Barnard, of Boston ; Richard Wheatland; James 

 Emerton. 



Letters were read from F. Harrington ; W. Prescott ; S. 

 Lincoln, of Hingham ; J. W, Thornton, of Boston ; S. R. 

 Masury ; J. W. Proctor, of South. Danvers ; Miss K. E. 

 Prince ; C. B. Norton, of New York, N. Y. 



The Chair alluded to the fact of this being the first regu- 

 lar meeting in the new suite of rooms to be occupied by the 

 Institute in Plummer Hall. By rare good fortune and 

 extraordinary care, the entire collection of the Cabinets had 

 been removed with safety, and were being arranged in their 

 appropriate places. The new arrangement would suffice for 

 a while, but it is evident that the increase from year to year 

 would soon demand other apparatus. Such zeal among 

 members, who reside abroad, or whose commercial pursuits 

 cause them to visit foreign countries, is seldom elsewhere 

 seen ; and the collection becomes rapidly rich in valuable 

 specimens. A system of exchanges too, works admirably and 

 to our advantage. The Institute's correspondence is exten- 



