'895- ] re)o 
" [Annual Meeting. 
Mketings. 
The „,„al fourteen meetings have been held, and it is gratifying 
t.. . cord an .ncrease in interest as manifested by the atfendance 
tha?h Xr''^'^'^'''' '"P''" 'o " -^"""g' 'ho'-gh the largest 
hat had been recorded in any previous yearfhas b^en inc^lred 
to Uplus, the total attendance bein^ 1 !«'> "icieased 
Tire largest attendance at any "on^ meeting was 284 the 
smallest 30; the largest last year was 247, the smallest 27 
Twenty-six communications have been made by twenty six 
p^so„s,ando, these twenty-sLx speakers, twelve h' ve f ^Id 
the Society for the first time. 
Eight papers have been presented bv title. 
PUBLICATIOXS. 
The publications distributed this year consist of (1) Mr E A 
Buns account of a Xorth American Anthurus (K pa.es 
f„i''fr2'r"lr 1':^ ""■-'"^■"g "^ber of the third voln'mr:,; 
^. .... u, ra ana lourth volumes of the Memoirs. (3) Parts 
: tt^T: P, 'f^f ^f °f volume 20 of the PricilTs 
(•*) Part 2 of vol. 4 of the Occasional Papers. HO n,„..% 
the Memon-s. (2) The indices, tables of contents, and titleTaVe 
of the th,rd and fourth volumes of the Mem;irs. (3) P^s 
of the Proceedings. 
g":r ' IT' ?"'"'"'"Vp™f:;;7c;:b;rdTs;r!plr!r;h! 
geology ot H,ngh.am ,n his Geology of the Boston Basin 
In add,t,„u to the above more than 100 pages for the con 
cludmg part of volume 26 of the Proceedings ire in type 
Library. 
The additions to the library are as follows: — 
Volumes 
Parts 
Pamphlets 
Maps, photographs, etc. 
8vo. 
4to. 
Folio. 
Total. 
369 
69 
438 
,866 
323 
1 
2,190 
857 
80 
1 
438 
49 
Total, 3 J 15 
