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liibition sliould come so near the liolidays, hnt under the circum- 
stances it was unavoidable. 
It was uuaiiimouslj agreed tliat a large number of cards of 
invitation to the Opening Reception should be issued, and that the 
iiixhihition should he liberally advertised, in order to gnarantcic 
its success. The hall was engaged for ten days, from Dec. 12th, 
at a i-ental of $100. 
Every effort was made, by about fifteen mendjers, to fill the 
hall with exhibits, and all the shipments were on the ground in 
good season. Messrs. Lucas, Webster, Critchley and Ilornaday 
went to Boston on Dec. lOth, and did very nearly the whole 
work of unpacking the exhibits, arranging them in the liall, and 
issuing the 850 cards of invitation to the Reception which wei-e 
sent out. 
The business of advertising was attended to by the Secretajy, 
and consisted of standing advertisements in six newspapers for 
ten days, fOO large tliree-sheet posters, and 2000 half-sheet 
hangers foi- windov-s. Two thousand copies of the catalogue of 
the Exhibition were issued and copies were sold to visitors at ten 
cents each during the time the display was open to the public. 
There was no hitch in any of the arrangements, and on the 
morning of Dec. 18th the hall was in perfect order; the speci- 
mens which w'ere offered in competition were all carefully labeled 
in strict accordance with the Regulations, and the display was 
submitted to the judges, who made their examinations and ])re- 
pared their I’eport with closed dooi-s, and in entire ignorance of 
coni])etitors names. 
The Society was fortunate in securing foi- judges, Mr. J. (b 
Beard, Artist of N. Y,. Prof. J. W. P. Jenks, Naturalist, of 
llrown University, and Mr. Thomas II. riinckley. Artist, of 
Milton, Mass. Their report gave general satisfaction, and their 
criticisms wei'e of great value to the members. The list of 
awards was published in the newsj^apers, and a coj^y of the 
Ho-stov, Adoerti’^e,)' containing it, together with a catalogue of the 
Exhibition, was sent to every member of the Society. 
Ily invitation of the Boston Society of Natural History, the 
Second (xeneral Meeting of the S. A. T. was held in the lecture 
i-ooni of the first named organization on Dec. 13th. President 
Scott made a bilef address heartily congratnlating the Society on 
