RECORDS OF MEETINGS OF 1907 363 



ANNUAL MEETING. 

 December 16, 1907. 



The Academy met for the Annual Meeting on Monday, December 16, 



1907, at 7: 20 P. M., at the Hotel Endicott, President Britton in the chair. 

 The minutes of the last Annual Meeting, 17 December, 1906, were read 



and approved. 



The accompanying reports were presented for the Corresponding Secre- 

 tary, Recording Secretary, Librarian and the Editor, all of which were, on 

 motion, received and placed on file. 



The Treasurer's report was read and was, on motion, received and 

 referred to the Finance Committee for auditing. 



The following candidates for Honorary Membership and Fellowship, 

 recommended by Council, were duly elected: 



Honorary Members. 



Dr. James Ward, Professor of Mental Philosophy in the University of 

 Cambridge, England. 



Professor J. D. Hooker, late Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, 

 Kew, England, 



William Bateson, M. A., Professor of Zoology in the University of Cam- 

 bridge, England. 



Fellows. 



William Campbell, Ph. D., Columbia University, 



A. PL Elliott, Ph. D., 4 Irving Place, 



L. P. Gratacap, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



Robert T. Hill, 25 Broad Street, 



Isaac Adler, M. D., 22 East 62nd Street, 



Emerson McMillin, 40 Wall Street, 



Herman Knapp, M. D., 26 West 40th Street, 



John B. Smith, New Brunswick, N. J., 



Ernest E. Smith, M. D., 26 East 29th Street, 



Horace White, 18 West 69th Street. 



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



1908, Mr. Frank M. Chapman and Professor Charles Baskerville having 

 been appointed as tellers. The ballots prepared by the Council according 

 to the By-laws were distributed, and after the votes had been counted the 

 following officers were declared unanimously elected, more than t^^enty- 

 five votes having been cast by members of the Academy entitled to vote: 



