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Philip L. Saltonstall, March 11, 1904. 
Hervey W. Shimer, December 16, 1903. 
Ewing Taylor, M.D., December 16, 1903. 
Goodwin Warner, March 18, 1904. 
Miss Alice W. Wilcox, November 13, 1903. 
Leonard W. Williams, November 13, 1903. 
The revised list of members, May 1, 1904, consists of 8 Honorary, 
118 Corresponding, and 465 Corporate Members; a total member¬ 
ship of 591. There are 14 Patrons. 
Meetings. 
Fourteen regular meetings of the Society have been held during 
the year. The number of persons present at any one meeting has 
varied from 21 to 149, the average attendance being 55, as against 
50 for last year. 
The total attendance for the year is 770. Fifteen formal com¬ 
munications have been made during the year by as many persons, of 
whom three had not previously spoken before the Society. Eleven 
papers have been presented by title. 
The meetings, attendance, and communications have been as 
follows : — 
May 6, 1903. Annual meeting. Forty persons present. 
Reports of the Curator, Curator of the Teachers’ school of 
science, Secretary, Librarian, Treasurer, Trustees. 
Mr. James H. Emerton. Animal tracks in the sand. 
Dr. M. T. Thompson. The metamorphoses of the hermit crab. 
(By title.) 
May 20, 1903. General meeting. Twenty-four persons present. 
Prof. Edward S. Morse. Some Florida land snails. 
Prof. John S. Kingsley. A New England sea anemone. 
Mr. John P. Munson. The development of the ovum in the 
turtle. (By title.) 
November 4, 1903. General meeting. One hundred and ten per¬ 
sons present. 
Prof. William M. Davis. Notes on a journey in Turkestan. 
Mr. R. G. Leavitt. Trichomes of the root in vascular Crypto¬ 
gams and Angiosperms. (By title.) 
