PROCEEDINGS 
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OF THE 
BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
TAKEN FROM THE SOCIETY’S RECORDS. 
~ Annual Meeting. May 1, 1878. 
Vice-President, Mr. 8. H. Bee tey | in the chair. Twenty- 
four persons present. 
The following reports were presented : 
Report oF Pror. Hyatt, Cusrop1an. 
The past official year has been even more uneventful than 
the last. The Council decided, in May, that no further im- 
provement in the cases could be made, our funds not per- 
mitting any outlay beyond the necessary expenses of the 
year. This decision, though necessary, arrested our progress 
in a direction which would soon have rendered all the collec- 
tions in the building secure from damage by dust or insects. 
The loss from this cause, if work is not speedily resumed, 
will amount to a considerable percentage of the work 
already done. 
CONDITION O# THE COLLECTIONS. 
The Minerals are in the same good condition as formerly 
and have, as usual, received valuable additions through the 
generosity of the President, Mr. Bouvé. 
PROCEEDINGS B. & N. H.— VOL. XX, 1 DECEMBER, 1878. 
