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The object of this Society is the promotion and study of the Natural Sciences, through the formation of a 

 Museum and Library, the procurement of Lectures and the use of such other means as shall be found effective. 



Its primary duties and objects, are the collection and preservation of specimens of every vegetable, and of 

 every animated being, (other than man and the domestic animals,) indigenous to Buffalo and its vicinity, and 

 of every rock, fossil, and mineral of the surrounding country; to classify, arrange, and make catalogues of 

 them; to send catalogues of them to its correspondents, and to all lovers of natural science, who may desire 

 them; to observe, record and diffuse a knowledge of all facts illustrative of the nature and habits of such 

 animals and plants; and, so far as it can, to supply the desiderata of its friends and correspondents. 



By a reciprocation of the services it desires to render others, as well as by such purchases as it may be 

 able to make, and the gifts of our liberal citizens, its collection will soon represent far more than the local 

 natural history; and it hopes and expects that its rooms will be attractive and useful to naturalists, as well as 

 gratifying to the instructed admirers of God's wonderful works. 



OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR 1862-63 



I [OX G EORGE W. CLINTON, President 

 REV, A.. T. CHESTER, 1st Vice-President. 

 HENRY A. RICHMOND, 2d Vice President. 

 THEODORE HOWL AND, Recording Secret* 

 CHARLES. P. MARSHALS,, ( orresnonding - 

 LEON F. HARVEY, M. D., Treasurer. 

 R. K. NO YE, Librarian. 



PROF. GEORGE HADLEY, M. D., Curator ol 

 PROF. WM. S. VANDUZEE, Curator of Zool 

 W. W STEWART, Curator of Crustacea and 11 



ALPERT H. CHESTER, Curator <u M i nendou' v 

 THEODORE HOWLAND, Curator of Geology. 

 DAVID F. DAY, Curator of Paleontology. 

 CHARLES WINNE, AS. P., Curator of Etlmolo 



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