PHOCEEDINGS. 



Eiglit hundred and ninety-first Meeting. 



May 12, 1897. — Annual Meeting. 



The Academy met at the Jefferson Physical Laboratory of 

 Harvard College, Cambridge. 



The President in the chair. 



The chair announced the death of Matthew Carey Lea, of 

 Philadelphia, Associate Fellow. 



The Corresponding Secretary read letters from Ludwig Boltz- 

 mann, Wilhelm Dorpfeld, and W. Pfeffer, acknowledging their 

 election as Foreign Honorary Members ; also a circular from the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, calling attention 

 to a proposed amendment to the regulations governing the mails 

 of the Universal Postal Union. 



The Corresponding Secretary read the Report of the Council.* 



The Treasurer presented his annual report, of which the fol- 

 lowing is an abstract : — 



General Fund. 



Receipts. 



Balance, May 1st, 1896 $2,115.68 



Assessments $920.00 



Sale of publications 163.62 $1,083.62 



Income from investments 4,718.21 



Return of bank tax 41.18 



Donations 105.00 5,948.01 



$8,063.69 

 * See Proceedings, Vol. XXXII. p. 331. 



