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ciation, though it would be a subject for great regret if funds were 
not at hand for the printing of every paper that advanced science. 
The very opportune donation of one thousand dollars by Mrs. 
Elizabeth Thompson, the first patron of the Association, will allow 
the commencement of a new series of publications of papers em- 
bodying original research, thus enabling the committee to show 
especial honor to such papers. Seventy-seven of the papers pre- 
sented were referred to Section B (natural history) and many of 
them were of first rank in scientific importance. 
The general character of the meeting was decidedly scientific, 
and the discussions, though sometimes sharp, were carried on with 
a general good feeling and no personalities arose to mar the good 
nature of the meeting. The rooms of the City Building, where all 
the meetings were held, were. all that could be desired. The Local 
Secretary and a few other members of the Local Committee were 
indefatigable in their efforts to make the meeting pleasant and suc- 
cessful so far as the local arrangements were concerned. It must 
be confessed, however, that the social element and the sympathy 
of the citizens generally with the objects of the Association were 
far less than at aty previous meeting which we have attended. 
The lunch given by the ladies of Portland and the clam bake at 
Old Orchard Beach broke the ice a little, but that hearty entering 
of the citizens into the objects of the Association, which has char- 
acterized former meetings, was wanting. The excursions, by rail 
and steamer, after the adjournment, were much enjoyed by those 
able to remain and take part in them. About two hundred old 
members were present and one hundred and ten new members were 
elected. Prof. Lovering in his closing remarks as president made 
an eloquent speech and declared the twenty-second meeting closed 
at 11 o'clock a. m. on Tuesday, August 26th. : 
Among the important business transacted during the session 
was the report of a special committee on a revision of the Consti- 
tution, looking to a better carrying out of the objects of the Anso 
ciation. This report will come up for action at the next meeting 
which will be held at Hartford, Connecticut, on the second Wed- 
nesday of August, 1874. 
The general officers of the next meeting are Dr. JE LeConte, 
President ; Prof. C. S. Lyman, Vice President ; Dr. A. C. Hamlin, 
General Secretary; Mr. F. W. Putnam, Permanent Secretary. 
