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corresponding and resident members were added to 

 the Institute only by virtue of election to some one of 

 these departments. More recently, while the organi- 

 zation of the departments has been preserved in ac- 

 cordance with the provisions of the charter, the 

 proceedings have been almost wholly conducted by the 

 Institute at large, and new members have not gene- 

 rally been elected to, or classified among the various 

 departments. " Classes in the Several Departments" 

 have been constituted as provided by the 21st by-law, 

 and several reports have from time to time been made 

 by some of these classes. 



