PROCEEDINGS. 



Seven hundred and fifty-third Meeting. 



May 30, 1882. — Annual Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The President announced the sudden death of Professor 

 William B. Rogers ; also the death of Mr. Edouard Desor, 

 Associate Fellow. 



The report of the Treasurer was read and accepted. 



On the motion of Professor Pickering, it was 



Voted, That the balance of the appropriation for publi- 

 cations made but not expended last year be reappropriated. 



The report of the Librarian was read and accepted. 



On the motion of Mr. Lyman, it was 



Voted, That, when the Academy adjourn, it adjourn to the 

 second Wednesday in June. 



Professor Pickering presented a circular relating to a pro- 

 posed monument to Secchi, the Italian astronomer. 

 . On the motion of Mr. Scudder, it was 



Voted, That blank cards be prepared for ordering books 

 for the library. 



The annual election resulted in the choice of the following 

 officers : — 



Joseph Lovering, President. 

 Oliver W. Holmes, Vice-President. 

 JosiAH P. Cooke, Corresponding Secretary. 

 John Trowbridge, Recording Secretary. 

 Theodore Lyman, Treasurer. 

 Samuel H. Scudder, Librarian. 



