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Annual Meeting. [May 7, 
The annual reports were accepted. The election of offi- 
cers for the year was then ordered, and Messrs. Van Vleck 
and Greenleaf being requested to collect and count the bal- 
lots, declared the following gentlemen elected: 
PRESIDENT, 
THOMAS T. BOUVE. 
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VICE-PRESIDENTS, 
SAMUEL H. SCUDDER, 
CUSTODIAN, 
JOHN CUMMINGS. 
‘ALPHEUS HYATT. 
HONORARY SECRETARY, 
S. L. ABBOT, M.D. 
SECRETARY, 
EDWARD BURGESS. 
TREASURER, 
CHARLES W. SCUDDER. 
LIBRARIAN, 
EDWARD BURGESS. 
COMMITTEES ON DEPARTMENTS. 
Minerals. 
THOMAS T. BOUVE, 
R: H. RIcHARDS, 
M. E. WADSWORTH. 
Geology. 
L. S. BURBANE, 
Wo. H. NILEs, 
Rey. G. FRED. WRIGHT. 
Paleontology. 
TuHos. T. Bouvs&, 
N.S. SHALER. 
Botany. 
JOHN CUMMINGS, 
CHARLES J. SPRAGUE, 
J. AMORY LOWELL. 
Microscopy. 
SAMUEL WELLS, 
R. C. GREENLEAF 
Radiates, Crustaceans and Worms. 
H. A. HAGEN, M.D., 
ALEXANDER AGASSIZ, 
L. F DE POURTALES. 
Mollusks. 
EDWARD S. Morsz, 
J. HENRY BLAKE, 
C. O. WHITMAN. 
Insects. 
S. H. ScuppER, 
EpWaRrRp BURGESS, 
A. 8. PACKARD, Jr., M.D. 
Fishes and Reptiles. 
F, W. Putnam, 
THEODORE LYMAN, 
S. W. GARMAN, 
Birds. 
THomas M. BREWER, M.D., 
SAMUEL Cazort, M.D., 
B. JOY JEFFRIES, M.D. J. A. ALLEN. 
Comparative Anatomy. Mammals. 
THOMAS DwiGut, M.D., J.»A. ALLEN, 
J.C. WHITE, M.D. E. L. MARK. 
W. F. WHITNEY, M.D. 
