ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 99 



Annual Meeting, January 4th, 1864. 

 President in the Chair. 



Fifteen members present. 



E. Mathewson, Esq., of Martinez, was elected resident member. 



The following is an abstract of the Annual Reports of the offi- 

 cers of the Society, for the past year (1863) : 



The Financial Report of the Trustees was received and accepted. 

 During the year, $815 35 have been received from various sources, 

 besides the balance on hand from 1862, of 1141 22 ; 8903 75 

 expended ; and $52 82 remains in the hands of the Treasurer. 



The Librarian (Prof. Whitney) reported verbally, that about 

 fifty volumes have been added to the Library, mostly the publi- 

 cations of other Societies ; that some sets of Journals have been 

 rendered complete, by his own donations, and that the volumes of 

 the "American Journal of Science " have been bound. 



The Curator of Mineralogy (Mr. Moore) reports, that the collec- 

 tion is in nearly the same condition that it was at the commence- 

 ment of the last year, that but few additions have been made, and 

 that the work of cataloguing and classifying the specimens is in 

 progress. 



The Curator of Palaeontology (Mr. Gabb) made no report. 



The Curator of Botany (Dr. Kellogg) reports, that some addi- 

 tions have been made ; that the collections are not in good condi- 

 tion for want of suitable cases, and recommends that new cases be 

 procured, and that a suite of the specimens described by members 

 of the Society be sent East, for comparison with specimens in those 

 herbariums to which we have no access. 



The Curator of Zoology (Dr. Cooper) made a verbal report, 

 that he has been absent the most of the year, and that the collec- 

 tion has not materially changed since the last report, with the 

 exception of an interesting collection of Birds deposited by Mr. 

 Holder. 



The Curator of Conchology (Dr. Trask) reported verbally, that 

 about three hundred species of shells have been added to the col- 

 lection during the year. Also, that he had received from Mr. 

 Andrew Garrett, a collection of one hundred and fifteen species of 

 Hawaiian Fishes, for the Museum. 



