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Henry M. Whitney, Feb. 15, 1899. 
George Wigglesworth, Feb. 15, 1899. 
Guy M. Winslow, Feb. 15, 1899. 
Edward S. Wood, Mar. 29, 1899. 
Miss Elvira Wood, Dec. 21, 1898. 
Frederick A. Woods, Dec. 21, 1898. 
Meetings. 
Fourteen regular meetings including the Annual meeting have 
been held during the year; one Special meeting has been held. 
The attendance shows an average of 55 plus, the largest at any one 
meeting being 144, the smallest 24; the largest last year was 352, 
the smallest 24. 
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Twenty-six communications have been made by twenty-two 
persons; of the twenty-two persons seven have not previously 
spoken at our meetings. 
Twelve papers have been presented by title. 
The substitution of electricity for gas in the lecture room and 
the availableness of the lantern for even a modicum of illustration 
are features that should add to the success of future meetings. 
The Society and especially the Secretary are indebted to Dr. 
R. T. Jackson for his kindness in serving as recorder at meetings 
in January and February. 
The meetings, attendance, and communications have been as 
follows: — 
May 4,1898. Annual meeting. Forty-two persons present. 
Reports of the Curator, Secretary, Librarian, Treasurer, and 
Trustees. 
Mr. J. Edmund Woodman. Geological history of the gold- 
bearing slates of Nova Scotia. 
Mr. M. L. Fernald. The genus Antennaria in New England. 
(By title.) 
Prof. C. S. Minot. On the veins of the Wolffian bodies in the 
pig. (By title.) 
Dr. P. P. Calvert. The odonate genus Macrothemis and its 
allies. (By title.) 
Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell. The North American bees of the 
genus Prosapis. (By title.) 
