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The following are the officers of the Dubuque meeting. Presi- 
dent, J. Lawrence Smith of Louisville, Vice President, Alex. 
Winchell of Ann Arbor. Permanent Secretary, Joseph Lovering 
of Cambridge. General Secretary, E. S. Morse of Salem. Treas- 
wer, W. S. Vaux of Philadelphia. The Standing Committee con- 
sists of the above named officers and the following officers of the 
preceding meeting, Asa Gray of Cambridge, G. F. Barker of New 
Haven, and F. W. Putnam of Salem. (Six more members of the 
Standing Committee are elected at large from the Association on 
the first day, and the Permanent Chairmen of the Sections become 
members of the Committee.) Local Committee. —H. T. Wood- 
man, chairman; C. A. White, 1st vice chairman; Asa Horr, 2d 
vice chairman; Samuel Calvin, local secretary; E. D. Cook, 
assistant secretary; R. A. Babbage, treasurer; and 205 other 
gentlemen. We are convinced by the cordial tone of the circular 
of the Local Committee and from private letters received, that the 
: Citizens of Dubuque are resolved to spare no effort on their part to 
; make the 21st meeting of the Association a decided success. We 
= Mote the following items from the circular : — 
On the evening of ipe Aee st 21st, a reception will | be oxin - a 
aeie r the Hon. Wm. B. Allison, U. S. Sena 
enator elect, 
- Response te the Association, after wh h Prof. A "n 
i to the members, we can Po enS promise that all can be entertained at 
alla — , free of charge, The Local Committee, therefore 
: amestly request those intending to be present to notify the Local Secretary by letter 
pcan 
: n as possible. Members and those intending to become members will report 
O tely upon their arrival at the Rec ception Room of the Local Cs ommitteė mag 
: Sister their names, when they hi 
ere Not ee Local Commi sehen 
be postéd at ice of the location of the Reception Room of the L om ey, 
bates or e tiikeoes depots, s aian landings, and in the street cars and om i 
make it am city. Negotiations with the railroads have now progressed 50 BPS - s 
maey noet ' Certain that we shall Ł he | ipa 
the cit th f their lines 
og to localities o of special interest. Btemabaaiee on n the Mississippi river have 
tendered for a similar r purpose. Arrangements for a number of xcursions 
made, ata the approval of the Aaoi Carriage aa rsions to 
"n ‘oe caves, smelting furnaces, and to the exposures of fossiliferous 
provided for. Microscopists will confer, as soon as possible after 
ival, with the Curators of the pagers Institute of Science and Arts at the Recep- 
i om of the Local C Comittee re of any instruments or spec- 
ens they may have for exhibi a 
steed for June 20th opens with a résumé of the discoveries 
vepantinestone, and gives an account of the latest authentic 
“Ports, which place him at Unyanyembeh, where stores were 
