1886.] 321 [Annual Meeting. 



cord the death of our faithful assistant Librarian, Miss Lucinda 

 Foster. Miss Foster served the Society for fifteen years, and after 

 several years of great suffering died last June. Her cheerfulness, 

 kindness of heart, and zeal in performance of her duties will long 

 be remembered by all of us. 



Publications. 



At the beginning of the Society's year the Publishing Committee 

 decided to abandon the plan of having the publications printed on 

 the Society's premises, where the work has been done for twenty 

 years, and arrangements were made with the Salem Press to un- 

 dertake this work. It was hoped that the facilities of a large 

 office would enable the publications to be more promptly issued, 

 but for various reasons this has not yet been accomplished. Next 

 winter will doubtless show proper improvement. 



Part i of vol. xxiii of the Proceedings has been issued and part 

 ii is nearly ready, bringing the date down to last March. 



A memoir by Dr. W. K. Brooks on the life-history of the 

 Hydromedusae is in press and will be issued next month. Two 

 memoirs by Mr. S. H. Scudder on fossil insects are also in type. 



Walker Prize Essays. 



The Committee on Walker Prizes reported that only one essay 

 had been offered for the Walker Prize of 1886 — Subject : "Original 

 unpublished investigations of the life history of any plant," and 

 the Committee recommended that the first prize should be awarded 

 to its author. 



The report was accepted, and the envelope containing the au- 

 thor's name being opened, Mr. Douglas Houghton Campbell of 

 was declared the winner of the Walker Prize for 1886. 



The Auditing Committee, Messrs. Cummings and Greenleaf, re- 

 ported that they had examined the Treasurer's accounts and found 

 them correctly cast and properly vouched. 



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