PROCEEDINGS 



BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



TAKEN FROM THE SOCIETY'S RECORDS. 



Annual Meeting. May 7, 1873. 



Vice-President Dr. Chas. T. Jackson in the chair. Thirty- 

 five persons present. 



Mr. Edward Burgess presented the following report : — 



In the absence of the Custodian, the duty of presenting 

 the usual Annual Report on the condition and operations of 

 the Society falls upon me, and I may, I think, congratulate 

 myself in being able to review a year which, on the whole, 

 has been very prosperous. 



During the past year, two Honorary Members, one Corres- 

 ponding and twenty Resident Members have been elected. 

 Eighteen general Meetings of the Society, six of the Section 

 of Microscopy, and six of the Section of Entomology, have 

 been held. The average attendance at the former has been 

 twenty-five, which shows, I am sorry to say, a diminished 

 attendance, partly to be explained, perhaps as the effect of 

 the "great fire", while the great number of lectures and other 

 attractions in the city during the winter has also tended to 



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