700 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



"Illustrations of the Effects of the Earth's Rotation." By 

 W. M. Davis. 



"Selected Views from the Gardner Collection of Geological 

 and Geographical Photographs." By P. S. Smith. 



" Specimens of Fossil Brachiopuds showing Details of Struc- 

 ture." By R. T. Jackson. 



" A Two-Circle Goniometer, and a Collection of Cleaved 

 Mineral Forms." By C. Palache. 



" Rocks and Coals from the Rhode Island Coal Field, and 

 other Specimens." B}^ J. B. Woodworth. 



"Recent Meteorological Charts and Atlases." By R. DeC. 

 Ward. 



" Cuspate Capes of our Atlantic Coast." By M. A. Read. 



" Recent Folios of the Geologic Atlas of the United States." 

 By L. Laforge. 



" Thin Sections and Microphotographs of North American 

 Woods." By E. C. Jeffrey. 



" Contributions from the Cryptogamic Laboratories." By 

 R. Thaxter. 



Nine hundred and fortieth Meeting. 



Annual Meeting. — May 13, 1903. 



Vice-President Walcott in the chair. 



The followino- letters were read : — 



From Albert Sauveur, accepting Fellowship; S. F. Emmons, 

 A. T. Mahan, acknowledging election as Associate Fellows : 

 Ed. Mazelle, announcing his appointment as Director of the 

 Astronomical-Meteorological Observatory of Trieste. 



The Ciiair announced the following deaths : — 



William Sumner Appleton, Resident Fellow in Class III., 

 Section 2; Josiah Willard Gibbs, Associate Fellow in Class I., 

 Section 2. 



The annual report of the Council was read by the Recording 

 Secretary. 



In the unavoidable absence of the Treasurer, and at his re- 

 quest, the Recording Secretary read the annual report of the 

 Treasurer, of which the following is an abstract : — 



