RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 601 



Warren Fund. 



Receipts. 



Balance from last year $994.57 



Investments 1,332.97 



$2,327.54 



ExiJenditures. 



luvestiirations $600.00 



Income invested during the year and transferred 



to capital accomit 451.25 $1,051.25 



Balance • • • . 1,276.29 



$2,327.54 



Building Fund. 



Receipts. 



Balance from last year $539.52 



Investments 783.02 



$1,322.54 



Expenditures. 



Income invested during the year and transferred 



to capital account $942.50 



Balance 380.04 



$1,322.54 

 The following reports were presented : — 



Report of the Rumford Committee. 



At the Annual Meeting of the Academy held May 9, 1900, the 

 amount of $1,000 was put at the disposal of the Rumford Committee for 

 the furtherance of research. 



From this sum grants have been made as follows : — 



Oct. 10, 1900: Two hundred dollars to Dr. Charles E. Mendenhall, 

 of Williams College, in aid of his investigations upon a hollow 

 bolometer. 



Oct. 10, 1900: Five hundred dollars to Professor George E. Hale, 

 of the Yerkes Observatory, in aid of his researches in connection with 

 the application of the radiometer to a study of the infra-red spectrum of 

 the chromosphere. 



