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[May 4, 
Annual Meeting.] 
Work upon the Marine Park is rapidly going forward. The 
boundaries of the salt water ponds of the outer grounds assigned 
to us can now be seen and the grading of the entire portion we 
are to occupy will, we are told, be finished by the end of the 
present season. The plans of the building are already so far 
advanced that the moment the needed funds are in our treasury 
the work of construction can begin, and it is hoped that within a 
year thereafter the beginning at least of a collection of living 
animals may be opened to the public. To such an opening the 
Directors look forward with eager anticipation. 
Report of the Acting Secretary and Librarian, Samuel 
Hen shaw. 
Membership. 
During the past year four Honorary, twenty-three Corporate, 
and nineteen Garden Members have been elected by the Council. 
Nine members have died, one has resigned, and the names of 
eleven have been dropped for non-payment of dues. The roll of 
the Society includes the names of 19 Honorary, 138 Correspond- 
ing, 336 Corporate and 21 Garden members, a total (less names 
counted twice) of 501. 
Among those whom death has taken, mention should be made 
of Dr. D. Humphreys Storer, a former vice-president and an 
original member of the Society, Mr. Edward Burgess and Mr. 
Samuel Dexter, formerly secretaries, Mr. Charles W. Scudder, 
treasurer at the time of his death, Drs. T. Sterry Hunt and John 
Amory Jeffries, formerly members of the Council, and Dr. John 
W. Randall a member since Nov. 2, 1831. Dr. J. C. Jay, the 
conchologist, a corresponding member, has also died. 
Meetings. 
Fourteen meetings have been held. With a total attendance 
of 893, the average, more than 63 to a meeting, is larger than 
that recorded for any year with the exception of 1873-74, the 
year when the plan of announcing the meetings by a postal card 
