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THE JOURNAL 
PNGTANATISCIEY OP NATURAL HISTIRY 
PROCHEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
Turspay Evenine, April 5, 1881. 
Dr. R. M. Byrnes, President, in the chair; L. 8. Cotton, Secretary 
pro tem. Present, 28 members. 
James R. Challen and R. A. Holden were elected members of the 
Society. | 
This being the annual meeting, the Treasurer made his report, show- 
ing the funds of the Society, and the income and disbursements of the 
past year. Other officers of the Society made verbal reports. 
The Society elected for the ensuing year the following officers: 
President—R. M. Byrnes, M.D. 
First Vice-President—J. H. Hunt, M.D. 
Second Vice-President-—Prof. Ormond Stone. 
Secretary—F. W. Langdon, M.D. 
Treasurer—S. E. Wright. 
Librarian—S. A. Miller. 
Curator of Mineralogy—J. W. Hall, Jr. 
Paleontology—J. Mickleborough. 
Conchology—E. M. Cooper. 
Entomology—Harry J. Hunt. 
Botany—O. D. Norton, M.D. 
Ornithology—J. W. Shorten. 
Ichthyology—D. $. Young, M.D. 
Archeology—H. H. Hill, M.D. 
Comparative Anatomy—A. J. Howe, M.D. 
Herpetology—A. E. Heighway, Jr. 
