^!|3)iS" the occasion of the retirement of 



Mr. ROBERT L. STUART, 



from the Presidency of the Museum, the following resolu- 

 tions were adopted at the Quarterly Meeting of the Board 

 of Trustees, held February 14th, 1881. 



^£$0lUf;(l — That the Trustees of the American Museum 

 of Natural History, have received with deep regret the 

 peremptory declination of Mr. Robert L. Stuart to serve the 

 Institution further as its President, and the more so, that 

 .such step on his part has been compelled by the state of 

 his health. 



They desire to put on record their unanimous apprecia- 

 tion of his earnest and unfailing devotion to its interests, 

 .and of the liberality with which he has always promoted 

 its various enterprises, and aided in advancing its growth 

 from its modest beginnings, until under his management 

 it has reached its present satisfactory position as an educa- 

 tional and scientific institution. 



TV~e are glad to know that we shall continue to have 

 the benefit of his co-operation and earnest sympathy as a 

 member of the Board of Trustees. 



