The  meeting  was  organized  by  the  appointment  of  J.  P.  Ross
of  Penn.,  to  the  Chair,  and  D.  M.  Grant,  of  N.  Y.,  Secretary,


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after  which  the  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  unani-
mously adopted :

"  That,  in  the  American  Institute,  for  the  promotion-  of  science
and  art,  we  recognize  an  organization  which  merits  the  support
of  all  connected  with  the  objects  of  its  patronage,  and  that  the
liberality  of  its  directors,  and  their  judicious  management  of  the
exhibition  of  1866,  affords  fresh  incentives  to  honorable  compe-
tition and  zealous  efforts  amongst  all  inventors,  mechanics,  and
artists  in  our  country.     Therefore,

^^Besolvedy  That  we,  the  exhibiters  of  1856,  do  most  cordially
tender  our  sincere  acknowledgments  to  the  directors  of  the
American  Institute,  and  their  assistants  in  every  department,  for
the  satisfactory  manner  in  which  they  have  enabled  us  to  display
oar  inventions  and  manufactures,  and  for  their  generous  endeavors
to  forward  our  interests  and  insure  our  success,  and  that  at  the
close  of  the  present  exhibition  we  assure  them  of  our  ardent  hope
that  their  eminent  abilities  and  impartial  discernment  may  on  all
future  occasions  be  crowned  with  that  success  which  they  so
richly  deserve.
^^  Resolved^  That  this  preamble  and  resolutions  be  published
in  the  New-York  city  papers,  and  that  a  copy  also  be  furnished
to  the  managers  of  the  American  Institute.
^'Resolved,  That  the  secretary  of  this  meeting  and  G.  R.  Lilli-
bridge,  be  a  committee  to  present  these  proceedings  and  resolu-
tions to  the  managers  of  the  American  Institute."

The  managers  have  cause  to  congratulate  the  members  of  the

Institute  on  the  final  results  of  this  jubilee  of  the  arts.
Respectfully  submitted,

GEORGE  F.  NESBITT,  Chaimian,
CHARLES  A.  WHITNEY,  Vice-Chairman.
