Officers.] 184 [May 1, 
Brought ‘forward i.) vie reo Sc ella e salle: $840,725,25 
Miscellaneous. 
Unsettled Accounts Receivable ° “ « $525.92 
Cash . k ‘ : 4 5 u : - $3,143.42 
ee $8,669.34 
ess Account Payable.) % “= Re ae 1,601.64 2,067.70 
Total Value of Property April 80,1872. . . . | $842,792.95 
In addition to the above, the Society possesses a Cabinet and Li- 
brary of inestimable value. 
All which is respectfully submitted, i 
E. PickerRiInG, Treasurer, 
‘ Boston Society of Natural History. 
Boston, April 30, 1872. 
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The following were then elected officers for 1872-1873 :— 
PRESIDENT, 
THOMAS T. BOUVE. 
VICE-PRESIDENTS, 
CHARLES T. JACKSON, M.D., R. C. GREENLEAF. 
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, 
SAMUEL L. ABBOT, M.D. 
RECORDING SECRETARY, 
EDWARD BURGESS. 
TREASURER, 
EDWARD PICKERING. 
LIBRARIAN, 
EDWARD BURGESS. 
CUSTODIAN, 
ALPHEUS HYATT. 
COMMITTEES ON DEPARTMENTS. 
Geology. Minerals. 
W. H. NILEs, THomas T. BoUVE, 
W.T. BRIGHAM, CHARLES T. JACKSON, M.D., 
T. T. Bouve. L. 8S. BURBANK. — 
Botany. Paleontology. 
Wm. T. BRIGHAM, T. T. BoUVE. 
CHARLES J. SPRAGUE, N. S. SHALER, 
J. A. LOWELL. W. H. NILES. 
Comparative Anatomy. Radiates and Crustaceans. 
THomMAS DwiGurt, JR., M.D., A. S. PACKARD, JR., M.D., 
JEFFRIES WYMAN, M.D., ° A. E. VERRILL, 
J. C. WHITH, M.D. ALEX. AGASSIZ. 
