OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 607 



Report of the Committee of Publication. 



Boston, May 10, 1899. 

 The Publishing Committee begs leave to report that there have been 

 issued during the last academic year ten numbers of Vol. XXXIII. and 

 the first twenty numbers of Vol. XXXIV. of the Proceedings, aggregat- 

 ing 796 pages and 17 plates; besides one number of Vol. XII. of the 

 Memoirs containing 36 pages and 7 plates. Five numbers of the Pro- 

 ceedings have been printed at the cost of the Rumford Fund. The 

 expenditure for the remaining publications was $2334.14. The appro- 

 priation from the General Fund was $2500 and the sales $48.52, making 

 a sum available for publication of $2548.52, and leaving therefore an 

 unexpended balance of $214.38. The Academy has never before pub- 

 lished so many pages in a single year. 



Samuel H. Sccdder, Chairman. 



On the recommendation of the Committee of Finance, it was 

 Voted, To make the following appropriations from the income 

 of the General Fund for the ensuing year : — 



For general expenses $2000 



For the library 1500 



For publishing 2400 



Voted, That the assessment for the ensuing year be five 

 dollars. 



Voted, That the Treasurer be authorized to pay from the 

 funds of the Academy any bills approved by the Librarian in- 

 curred on account of the expense of moving the library. 



On the recommendation of the Rumford Committee, it was 



Voted, That the sum of one thousand dollars ($1000) from 

 the income of the Rumford Fund be placed at the disposal of 

 the Rumford Committee to be expended in aid of investigations 

 on Light and Heat, payments to be made on the order of the 

 Chairman of the Committee. 



Voted, That the volumes necessary to complete the set of the 

 " Fortschritte der Physik " in the library be purchased at the 

 expense of the income of the Rumford Fund ; also, that one 

 hundred and twenty dollars ($120) be appropriated from the 



