364 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



President, Charles F. Cox. 



Vice-Presidents, A. W. Grabau (Section of Geology and Mineralogy), 

 Frank M. Chapman (Section of Biology), D. W. 

 Hering (Section of Astronomy, Physics and Chem- 

 istry), Adolf Meyer (Section of Anthropology and 

 Psychology). 



Recording Secretary, Edmund Otis Hovey. 



Corresponding Secretary, Henry E. Crampton. 



Treasurer, Emerson McMillin. 



Librarian, Ralph W. Tower. 



Editor, Edmund Otis Hovey. 



Councilors (to serve 3 years), Charles Lane Poor, William J. Gies. 



Finance Committee, Charles F. Cox, George F. Kunz, Frederick 



S. Lee. 



On motion of the Treasurer, Emerson McMillin, it was voted that here- 

 after the fiscal year for the preparation of reports end on the 30th day of 

 November in each year. 



The members of the Academy and their friends, to the number of 

 seventy, then sat down together at dinner, after which the retiring Presi- 

 dent, Professor Nathaniel L. Britton, delivered his formal address upon 

 "The New York Botanical Garden — Its Organization and Construction." 

 The address was illustrated with stereopticon views. 



The Academy then adjourned. 



Edmund Otis Hovey, 



Recording Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 



During the past year two Honorary Members were dropped from the 

 rolls, because they had not been heard from since 1901 in response to com- 

 munications, and twelve Corresponding Members have been dropped for 

 the same reason. 



We have lost by death three Corresponding Members, as follows-: 



George Chapman Caldwell, Elected in 1876, 

 N. H. Chandler, " " 1876, 



Charles B. Warring, " " 1876. 



