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Forty-nine papers have been presented for publication as follows : 

 Edw. D. Cope 9, Henry C. Chapman M. D. 4, Samuel N. Rhoads 

 3, John A. Ryder 3, E. Goldsmith 3, Thomas Meehan 3, Ida A. 

 Keller 2, J. B. Ellis and B. M. Everhardt 2, V. Sterki 2, Abraham 

 Meyer 2, G. F. Wright 1, Benjamin Sharp M. D. 1, Witmer Stone 

 1, S. G. Dixon M. D. 1, Herman Strecker 1, Ralph S. Tarr 1, Geo. 



A. Rex M. D. 1, W. H. Dall 1, Henry Skinner M. D. 1, Clarence 



B. Moore 1, John Gifford 1, Philip P. Calvert 1, A. E. Brown 1, 

 J. Percy Moore 1, William J. Fox 1 and H. A Pilsbry 1. Ot 

 these 38 have been accepted for publication in the Proceedings, 5 

 for publication in the Journal, three have been withdrawn by the 

 authors and 3 remain to be reported on. 



Seventy-six members and seventeen correspondents have been 

 elected. The deaths of sixteen members and six correspondents 

 have been announced. Three members have resigned, thus leaving 

 a gain of fifty-seven in the membership. 



The death of Mr. Isaac C. Martiudale, who was elected Treasurer 

 at the last annual meeting, occurred January 3d. Mr. Charles P. 

 Perot was elected to fill the office the 17th of the same month. The 

 vacancies thus caused in the Finance Committee and the Council 

 (Mr. Perot becoming, as Treasurer, a Councillor ex- officio) were 

 filled by the election of Dr. Geo. H. Horn to the former, January 

 24, and Mr. Thomas A. Robinson to the latter, January 31. 



Mr. Jacob Binder, who had served the society as Curator of the 

 William S. Vaux collections since their reception by the Academy, died 

 after a lingering illness February 26th. He was succeeded as Vaux 

 Curator by Mr. Win. W. Jefferis who has since discharged the 

 duties of the office with a devotion to its interests which is sufficiently 

 indicated by the statistics of his annual report. 



The most important amendments to the By-Laws made during the 

 year were for the purpose of lessening the arduous duties of the 

 treasurer by placing the investments of the Academy in the charge 

 of a Trust Company. The consequent changes are as follows : 



Chapter III, Art. 5. The words "he shall collect and pay 

 moneys" were stricken out and the words "he shall collect the mem- 

 ber's dues and shall pay bills and other approved demands by draft 

 upon the depository " were substituted. To the end of the article 

 was added ' ' The Committee on Finance may, with the approval of 



the Council, vest the custody of the securities belonging to the 

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