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meeting the requirements of these positions with great devotion and efficiency. Our de- 

 parted friend acquired the high respect of all who knew him, by his general intelligence, 

 his marked integrity, and his faithfulness to all the duties of the various offices he was 

 called upon to fill, and he won the love of all who knew him intimately by his kindly 

 sympathy and his Christian gentleness." 



On motion of Messrs. Scudder and Hyatt, it was voted that the Secretary send a copy of 

 Mr. Bouvg's remarks to the family of Mr. Pickering, as an expression of the Society's re- 

 spect and regard for him. 



In December a very fine cast from the bust of Prof Louis Agassiz, by Preston Powers, 

 was presented to the Society by the Rev. R. C. Waterston . 



In Council a vote was passed allowing the use of the Laboratory of the Society to the 

 Boston University for instruction in Zoology ; the lessons to be given by Mr. Hyatt, as 

 Professor of the Technological Institute, or his assistant Mr. Crosby, and a suitable rent 

 to be paid the Society. 



1877. In January of this year, the death of Mr. F. B. Meek of Washington, a Corre- 

 sponding Member, and one of the niost eminent of American palaeontologists, was an- 

 nounced by the Secretary. At the next meeting the following resolutions were passed 

 by the Society. 



" Resolved, That the members of the Society have heard with the deepest regret of the 

 decease of one of the most highly esteemed of their Corresponding Members, Mr. F. B. 

 Meek of Washington. Their admiration can add but little to his reputation, which is 

 secured by the numerous works of which he has been the author. They feel, however, 

 that a testimonial is due from them to the memory of a man whose knowledge of the whole 

 field of American palaeontology was unsurpassed, and whose life was a model of laborious 

 special investigation and therefore unrewarded by public commendation. As students of 

 natural history, they desire also to record their respect for a life of such modest simplicity 

 and devotion to science for its own sake, that it merits, and wiU, it is hoped, receive the 

 highest praise from the hands of Mr. Meek's fellow laborers. 



" Resolved, That this resolution be recorded in the Proceedings of this Society and that 

 copies be forwarded to the friends of the deceased." 



At a meeting of the Society February 2d, Charles W. Scudder was elected Treasurer. 



In Council a vote was passed to procure a crayon of the late President, Dr. JefEries 

 Wyman, of life size, with a suitable frame. This was subsequently done, and the- fine 

 portrait obtained may now be seen in the Library room of the Museum. 



This body also upon hearing that another attempt was to be made to obtain a license 

 for the exhibition of Jourdain's anatomical collection, again successfully remonstrated 

 against one being granted, on the ground that it would be subversive of public morals. 



In March, the President announced the death of Mr. Edward Bicknell, the well-known 

 Microscopist, and for several years a member of the Council of the Society. 



A petition having been presented to the Councd that the Museum of the Society should 

 be opened to the public on Sundays, a committee was appointed to take the matter 

 into consideration and to report upon the subject. This committee consisted of three, 

 the President being of the number. At the next meeting, the committee reported 

 adversely, on the ground mainly that the Society could not afford the additional expense 

 that would be incurred by compliance. The report was approved unanimously. 



In March also of this year, Dr. B. Joy Jeffi:ies called the attention of the Society to the 



