366 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



which became operative just before the last annual meeting, and which 

 was mentioned in the last annual report, has worked smoothly during the 

 year, and the announcements and programs of the various meetings have 

 appeared regularly in the weekly Bulletin issued by the Academy. In 

 connection with this affiliation, it is proper to speak of the fact that three 

 public lectures by noted foreign scientists have been given at the INIuseum 

 to the Members of the Academy and the Affiliated Societies and their 

 friends. These lectures were as follows: 



April 29. — "Vesuvius and Its Eruptions." By Dr. Tempest Anderson, 



of York, England. Attendance, 259. 



September 9.— "Wild Animal Life of Australia." By Dr. D. Le Soiief, 



of Melbourne, Australia. Attendance, 107. 



October 30. — "The Inheritance of Color in Animals and Plants." By 



Professor William Bateson, M. A., of Cambridge, Eng- 

 land. Attendance, 401. 



Another matter of importance in connection with the affiliation was 

 the issuing of the first number of the Annual Directory containing the names 

 and addresses of the Members of all the organizations, corrected to 31 

 March, 1907. 



The first important event of the past fiscal year was the holding, on 28 

 and 29 December, 1906, in cooperation with the American INIuseum of 

 Natural History, of an exhibition of the progress of science. The exhibi- 

 tion was well supported by scientists and others ha\ing material to exhibit 

 within the scope of the enterprise, and was attended by thousands of visitors. 

 It was maintained by the Museum for four weeks after the Academy ceased 

 to control it. 



The second event of particular importance was the celebration, on 23 

 May, of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Swedish natura- 

 list, Linnaeus. Delegates from many important domestic societies were 

 present; valuable addresses were delivered at the American INIuseum of 

 Natural History, the Museum of the New York Botanical Garden, the 

 Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences; a bridge over 

 the Bronx River was dedicated to Linnaeus, and a reception to the scientific 

 public was held at the New York Aquarium. Communications were 

 received from many foreign and domestic societies. The full account of 

 the celebration, which forms a volume of about one hundred printed pages, 

 is now in press. ^ 



Announcement is made with regret of the loss by death of the following 

 Members : 



' Issued as part I of Volume XVIII of the Annals. 



