PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. /anuary 5, 18971. President Harkness 
in the chair. 
The Report of the Board of Trustees was read by Charles F. Crocker. It sum- 
marized the acts of that body for the year, and stated that at this date $268, 862.29 
had been expended in the construction of the Society’s new building. 
The report of the treasurer was read by I. E. Thayer, and the report of the libra- 
rian by Carlos Troyer. 
The director of the museum not being present his report was deferred till the 
next meeting. . 
Walter E. Bryant, Curator of Ornithology, read the report of his department. 
Mrs. Eigenmann read the report of the Ichthyological department. 
President Harkness read his annual report, giving a summary of the work car- 
ried on in the various branches of science, and congratulating the Society upon the 
fact that their building had reached such a degree of completeness as admitted of a 
meeting being held in their own hall. 
The report of the election committee was read by Charles Stephens. 96 votes 
were cast, as follows: 
President—H. W. Harkness, . ; A ‘ : . 87 
Ist Vice President—H.H. Behr, . ye . : : go 
2nd Vice President—George Hewston, . é ; : 88 
Corresponding Secretary—F. Gutzkow, . ‘ ‘ . 93 
Recording Secretary—J. R.Scupham, . ; ‘ : 92 
Treasurer—L. H. Foote, 3 : : ‘ ; go 
Librarian—Carlos Troyer, : ‘ : ‘ : Oe 
Director of Museum—J. G. Cooper, ; : ‘ : 87 
Trustees— . 
Charles F, Crocker, 4 : : : ; ‘ ‘ 93 
D3, Bayes. : : ; ; : ‘ . 95 
W. C. Burnett, : : < j : : a . 04 
George C. Perkins, ‘ . ‘ : i : : 95 
E. J. Molera, . r ‘ - , : - roe 95 
Irving M. Scott, . é ‘ . : . : S 95 
John Taylor, .. é P ‘ ‘ more . ‘: 95 
For the Amendment, 69. 
Against the Amendment, 25. 
The scattering vote, amounting to 19, was called for, and read by Mr. Stephens. 
