Annual Meeting.] 
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[May 6, 
personal and direct aid of every one interested in the Gardens and 
the Society. 
The Board has not limited itself entirely to the issue of the 
Appeal, although this was necessarily the principal work first 
demanded of it. Foreseeing some delay in its publication, it 
early gave a wide distribution to a pamphlet on the general sub- 
ject prepared by one of its members and which also received 
additional circulation by being reprinted in full in one of our 
weekly papers ; this served to inform the general public. Sev- 
eral of its members also addressed a very largely attended meet- 
ing of the Women’s Education Association, and as a result of 
this and a subsequent meeting, the Association not only consid- 
erately voted and has already paid over to our Treasurer the sum 
of two hundred dollars to be expended for preliminary expenses, 
but has also appointed a strong committee of five of its own 
number to directly aid in the work of soliciting subscriptions. 
We cannot be too thankful for the kind and timely assistance 
offered by these ladies, and hope from it the best results. Nor 
should we omit mention here of the kindness of several friends 
who bore a part in the mechanical production of the Appeal, for 
generous aid which both greatly lessened its cost and added to 
its artistic appearance. 
In distributing the Appeal, a form of subscription was added, 
by which all subscriptions are made conditional upon our success in 
raising one third of the two hundred thousand dollars (the sum 
needed before we can begin work on the Marine Aquarium) before 
the annual meeting of the Society in May, 1892. It therefore be- 
hoves all who are interested not to delay any effort or subscrip- 
tion they wish to make, for the necessary funds must be secured 
within a year if we are to have our contemplated Gardens. 
In conclusion the Board of Directors has a single recommenda- 
tion to make. It is believed that it would be a further element 
of strength and permanence for the Gardens, of security for the 
Society, and of confidence on the part of the general public, if 
the funds which may be secured for the Natural History Gardens 
were to be placed in the hands of special trustees ; so that the 
institution shall have the advantage of being developed under 
the control of a union of men of affairs and men of science. 
The following is the appeal referred to : 
