RECORDS OF MEETINGS OF 1908 503 



Reports were presented by the Recording Secretary, the Corresponding 

 Secretary, the Librarian and the Editor, all of which, on motion, were ordered 

 received and placed on file. They are pubHshed herewith. 



The Treasurer presented a detailed report showing a net cash balance of 

 $193.56 on hand at the close of business November 30, 1908. On motion, 

 this report was received and referred to the Finance Committee for audit. 



The following candidates for Honorary Membership and Fellowship, 

 recommended by Council, were duly elected: 



Honorary Members. 



Professor Eduard Strasburger of Bonn, Germany, 



Professor Kakichi ]\Iitsukuri, Director of the College of Science, 



Imperial University, Tokyo, Japan, 

 Professor "Wilhelm Ostwald of the Royal Society of Natural Sciences 



of Leipzig, Germany. 



Fellows. 



Charles P. Berkey, Ph.D., Columbia University, 



Charles L. Pollard, Ph.D., Staten Island Assn. of Arts and Sciences. 



The Academy then proceeded to the election of officers for the year 1909, 

 Mr. C. WilHam Beebe and Dr. George F. Kunz 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 followincr officers were 

 declared unanimously elected, thirty-three votes having been cast by members 

 of the Academy entitled to vote: 



President, Ch-^rles F. Cox. 



Vice-Presidents, J. J. Stevenson (Section of Geology and ISIineralogy), 

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

 Hering (Section of Astronomy, Physics and Chemis- 

 try), Maurice Fishberg (Section of Anthropology and 

 Psychology). 



Recording Secretary, Edmund Otis Ho^'EY. 



Corresponding Secretary, Hermon Carey Bumpus. 



Treasurer, Emerson Mc^NIillin. 



Librarian, Ralph W. Tower. 



Editor, Edmund Otis Hovey. 



Councilors (to serve 3 years), Franz Boas, Henry E.^Crampton. 



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



S. Lee. 



