Excerpt from Annual Report of the American Colonization Society: With the Minutes of the Annual Meeting and of the Board of Directors, January 21 and 22, 1879 Not the least of his labors was the organization and management of the Smithsonian Institution, whereby that grand gift to the people was made a success. He was as eminent for his Christian character as for his scientific attainments. Hon. John B. Kerr, in 1863 chosen a member of the Executive Committee of the Society, was faithful in attendance at the meetings and prompt in the discharge of the duties devolved upon him. He was remarkable for strict probity, tender sympathies, warm affection and unfaltering devotion to what he believed was right. The sorrow of his colleagues at his death is lightened by the belief, that though suddenly called, he joyfully passed to the presence of his Lord. Financial. The continued prostration of all business enterprises and the great reduction of incomes from every source, again affect unfavorably the receipts of the Society. Expeditions. The bark "Liberia," whose departure was mentioned in the last Report, arrived at Monrovia, February 6th. Two deaths have taken place among the fifty-three emigrants sent in her, neither of them, however, from causes peculiar to the African climate. Two expeditions have since been dispatched, as follows: By the "Liberia," from New York, June 19, consisting of seventy emigrants, and by the new trader "Monrovia," from the same port, December 3, comprising thirty-one persons. They were mostly in families, and the description of a portion of them visited by a gentleman of judgment and experience applies equally to all, viz.: "They are a very intelligent set of people and of more than average ability, leading me to hope that they will do well for themselves and be a help to Africa." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.