RECORD. 



From January 1, 1901, to December 31, 1901. 



January 7, 1901. 



President Engler in the chair, thirty-one persons present. 



The nominating committee reported that 128 ballots had 

 been counted, and the following officers for 1901 were declared 

 duly elected : — 



President Edmund A. Engler. 



First Vice-President D. S. H. Smith. 



Second Vice-President M. H. Post. 



Recording Secretary William Trelease. 



Corresponding Secretary... .Hermann von Schrenk. 



Treasurer Enno Sander. 



Librarian G. Hambach. 



Curators . . . . .G. Hambach, 



Julius Hurter, 

 Robert J. Terry. 



Directors H. W. Eliot, 



Adolph Herthel. 



The President delivered an address on the condition of the 

 Academy and its work during the year 1900.* 



The Treasurer submitted his annual report, showing invested 

 funds to the amount of $(5,500.00 and a balance of $450.26 

 carried forward to the year 1901.f 



The Librarian submitted his annual reporfc.J 



The resignation of Dr. J. K. Bauduy, Mr. Holmes Smith, 

 Professor J. B. Johnson and Mr. F. N. Judson was reported 

 by the Council. 



Professor J. M. Stedman, of the University of Missouri, 

 gave an interesting account of a personal examination of the 

 life-zones of Mexico, made by him last summer, in the course 

 of which he crossed the continent from Vera Cruz to Man- 



* Transactions 10 : lxvi. f Transactions, 10 : lxix. X Transactions. 10 : lxix. 



