626 PROCEEDINGS OP THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



For general expenses, $2400 



For the library, 1500 



For cataloguing, 100 



For publishing, 2400 



On the recommendation of the Rumford Committee, it was 



Voted, To make the following appropriations from the in- 

 come of the Rumford Fund : One thousand dollars (^1000) 

 for the immediate needs of the Committee in furtherance of 

 research ; seven hundred and fifty dollars (-1750) to be ex- 

 pended for the construction of a mercurial compression pump 

 designed by Theodore W. Richards, and to be used in his re- 

 search on the Thomson-Joule Effect ; one hundred and fifty 

 dollars (iflSO) for the purchase and binding of periodicals. 



Voted, To re-appropriate the unexpended balance of the 

 amount granted at the last annual meeting for the purchase 

 and binding of books on light and heat for the Library. 



On the recommendation of the C. M. Warren Committee, it 

 was 



Voted, To make the following grants from the income of the 

 C. M. Warren Fund: (1) To C. F. Mabery of Cleveland, 

 three hundred dollars ($300) for the continuation of his re- 

 searches on petroleum. (2) To A. A. Noyes of Boston, three 

 hundred dollars ($300) for the continuation of his work on the 

 qualitative analysis of the rare elements. (3) To H. O. Hof- 

 man of Boston, one hundred and sixty dollars (-$160) for a te- 

 search on the decomposition of sulphate of zinc. 



On the motion of the Corresponding Secretary, it was 



Voted, That the assessment for the ensuing year be five 

 dollars ($5). 



The annual election resulted in the choice of the following 

 oSicers and committees : — 



Alexander Agassiz, President. 

 John Trowbridge, Vice-President for Class I. 

 Henry P. Walcott, Vice-President for Class II. 

 John C. Gray, Vice-President for Class HI. 

 William M. Davis, Corresponding Secretary. 



