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Annual Meeting, January 4th, 1869. 

 President in the Chair. 



Twenty members present. 



The President read his annual report, giving the progress of the 

 Academy during the past year. 



The Treasurer reported that the receipts for the past year had 

 been $1,760, the expenditures |1,636, leaving a balance of $124. 

 The present indebtedness is $440. 



The Librarian reported that the Library had been increased 

 during the year by the donation of thirty volumes, of which the titles 

 and contributors are published in the records of each meeting. 

 Also the following periodicals had been regularly received for the 

 last three years, and were still continued, having been subscribed 

 for at first by a club of the members and since 1867 by the 

 Academy : 



Magazixks. — English — Quar. Jour, of Science; Ann. and Mag. of Xat. 

 Hist. ; The Student ; Athenfcum ; Popular Science Rev. ; Qnar. Jour, of Geo- 

 log. Soc. Newspapers. — Civ. Eng. and Arcliitect; Scientific American; 

 Amer. Jour, of Mining ; The (Englisli) Mining Jour. ; Chemical News. 

 French — Ann. des Sciences Nat. ; Ann. du Genie Civil ; Ann. des Mines ; Re- 

 vue Univers. des Mines ; Journ. de Conchyl. (German — Jahrbuch der Min- 

 eralogie ; Petermann's Geog. Mittheil ; Berg-und-Hiitten. Zeitung. 



The following are received regularly by exchange, besides the 

 proceedings of thirty foreign societies, etc., coming chiefly through 

 the Smithsonian Inst., and recorded by name in previous years: 



Amer. Jour. Science and Arts; Amer. Naturalist; Mining and Scieu-tific 

 Press ; Proceedings of Acad. Nat. Sci. of Phiiad. ; of Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. ; of N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist. ; Chicago Acad. Sciences ; St. Louis Acad. 

 Sciences ; Essex Inst , Salem, Mass. ; Amer. Acad. Arts and Sciences. 



The Director "of the Museum reported that the great deficiency 

 of room for the rapidly increasing collections was the chief obstacle 

 to making a better display. 



The annual election of officers was then held, with the following 

 result : 



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