306 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Secretary, Treasurer and Librarian were read and approved, and the 

 Treasurer's Report was referred to the Finance Committee for auditing. 

 The Editor not being present no report was presented by him. 



The following Members were elected Fellows of the Academy: 



; Cleveland Abbe, W. H. Burr, 



W. K. Gregory, Simon Flexner, M. D. 



Roy W. Miner, Thomas Hunt Morgan, 



J. E. Parsons, Alexander Petrunkewitch, 



Clark Wissler. 



The Academy then proceeded to the election of Officers for the year 

 1907. Dr. L. T. Chamberlain and Mr. W. G. Levison were appointed 

 tellers; ballots prepared by the Council according to the By-laws were 

 distributed, and the votes were counted. The following officers were de- 

 clared elected: 



President, Nathaniel L. Britton. 

 Vice-Presidents, 



H. E. Crampton (Section of Biology), A. W. Grabau (Section of 

 Geology and Mineralogy), C. C. Trowbridge (Section of Astron- 

 omy, Physics and Chemistry), R. MacDougall (Section of 

 Anthropology and Psychology). 

 Corresponding Secretary, R. E. Dodge. 

 Recording Secretary, E. O. Hovey. 

 Treasurer, Emerson MacMillin. 



Librarian, R. W. Tower. 



Editor, C. L. Poor. 



Councilors (to serve three years), William M. Wheeler, Charles Basker- 



ville. 

 Finance Committee, John H. Caswell, George F. Kunz, Frederick 

 S. Lee. 



The President announced that the 200th anniversary of the birth of 

 Linnaeus w^ould occurr in May, 1907, and that it seemed fitting that the 

 Academy should take the lead in commemorating the event. Upon motion 

 by Dr. Chamberlain, it was voted to commend the proposition and refer 

 it to the Council for action. 



The President of the Academy, Professor Nathaniel L. Britton, then 

 delivered his address upon "Some Considerations and Illustrations of 

 Color in Plants." 



The Academy then adjourned. 



W. M. Wheeler, 

 Recording Secretary. 



