ANNUAL MEETING. 
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It was voted that these reports be accepted and placed on file. 
The report of the Trustees was accepted and placed on file. 
It was announced that the Walker grand prize of $1,000, awarded 
once in five years, had this year been bestowed upon Dr. Joel A. 
Allen, of New York, for his able and long continued contributions to 
American mammalogy and ornithology. 
The two annual Walker prizes were not awarded. 
It was voted to proceed to the election of ofiicers for the ensuing 
year. The Chair appointed Mr. J. Henry Blake and Mr. A. P. 
Morse to act as tellers. After the ballots had been distributed 
and collected, it was announced that twenty-eight ballots had 
been cast, and that the following candidates were duly elected. 
PRESIDENT, 
CHAELES SEDGWICK MINOT. 
VICE-PRESIDENTS, 
CHAELES P. BOWDITCH. 
HENEY W. HAYNES. 
EOLAND THAXTEE. 
SECRETARY, 
GLOVEE M. ALLEN. 
TREASURER, 
EDWAED T. BOUVE. 
COUNCILLORS FOR THREE YEARS, 
Charles F. Batchelder. 
William S. Bryant. 
William M. Davis. 
N. T. Kidder. 
William H. Niles. 
William L. Underwood. 
Arthur W. Weysse. 
Samuel Henshaw. 
