

282 PROCEEDINGS OP THE ACADEMY OP 



REPORT OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY, 



For 1865. 



During the year ending November 30th, 1865, there have been elected 

 twenty-five members and seven correspondents. 



The deaths of the following members and correspondents have been 

 announced. 



Members. Dr. Thos. B. Wilson, Major Chas. Izard Maceuen, Dr. Wm. Dar- 

 rach, Fernando de la Cuesta^ Wm. Parker Foulke, Jos. Hopkinson, Surgeon 

 U. S. V., Jas. Dundas, J. Reese Fry, Richard Price, Jacob R. Smith, Joseph D. 

 Brown, Dr. Francis M. Moore. 



At the Annual Meeting, the following additional were announced : Dr. 

 W. M. Ubler, Rev. Dr. Ducachet. 



Correspondents : Dr. R. M. S. Jackson, Wm. Jackson Hooker, Chas. J. Wister, 

 Wm. F. Lynch. 



One member has resigned. 



The number of papers contributed and ordered to be published, during 

 the same time, has been fifty-one, as follows : 



E. D. Cope, seven; Isaac Lea, LL. D., 3; John Cassin, 4; F. W. Lewis, 

 M. D., 1 ; A. Giinther, 1 ; Geo. W. Tryon, Jr., 1 ; Geo. N. Lawrence, "2 ; F. B. 

 Meek and A. H. Worthen, 5 ; Philip P. Carpenter, 1 ; Theo. Gill, 1 ; Timothy 

 A. Conrad, 3 ; Alex. Winchell, 1 ; C. A. Helmuth, M. D., 1 ; John L. Le Conte, 

 M. D., 4; Horatio C. Wood, Jr., M. D., 1 ; Harrison Allen, M. D., 1. 



The resignation of Prof. Rand, from the office of Recording Secretary, hav- 

 ing been tendered, it was accepted at the October business meeting, and Dr. 

 H. C. Wood, Jr., was elected in his stead. 



Chap. III., Art. VII., of the By-Laws, has been amended, by striking out 

 the second clause, viz. : "but correspondents residing in the United States 

 shall be charged with a diploma fee of five dollars. 



Chap. III., Art. IV., has been amended by striking out the word " all," 

 and substituting therefor "three-fourths of," and adding at the end of the 

 Article the words "not less than fifteen members being present. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



HORATIO C. WOOD, Jr., 



Recording Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE CURATORS, 



For 1865. 



The Curators respectfully present their usual Annual Report, for the year 

 just about closing, on the condition of the Building and Museum of the 

 Academy, committed to their supervision and care. They have to regret, in 

 the commencement, to represent their charge, in some degree, in an unfavor- 

 able aspect. The collections in natural history, during a series of years, 

 have increased with such rapidity, and have accumulated to such an extent, 

 that they have outgrown the proper capacity of the building, and we find 

 ourselves exceedingly cramped to accommodate the incessant additions. 

 Further than this, three departments, which comprise the most destructible 

 objects of natural history, have become so extensive, that we can no longer 

 command* the voluntary labor of members and committees sufficient and 

 ssential to keep them in proper order and preservation. The large and 

 magnificent collection of birds is actually suffering from the want of atten- 

 tion, and must inevitably be destroyed if further neglected ; and the same 

 may be said of the entomological cabinet, the herbarium, and, indeed, of all 

 the perishable collections. 



To preserve the ornithological cabinet, it has become absolutely necessary 

 that the Curators should be authorized to employ the services of a compe- 



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