RECORDS OF MEETINGS 223 



EEPOET OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY. 



During the year 1911, the Academy held 8 business meetings and 27 

 sectional meetings, at which 61 stated papers were presented on the fol- 

 lowing subjects : 



Geology, 14 papers ; Mineralogy, 5 papers ; Biology, 14 papers ; Anthro- 

 pology, 3 papers; Ethnology, 2 papers; Psychology, 16 papers; Physics, 

 6 papers; Chemistry, 1 paper. 



Two public lectures have been given at the American Museum to the 

 members of the Academy and the Affiliated Societies and their friends, 

 as follows: 



"Recent Celestial Photographs with a Sixty-Inch Reflector of the 

 Mount Wilson Observatory." By G. W. Ritchie. 



"The Depths of the Sea." By Sir John Murray. 



At the present time, the membership of the Academy includes 502 

 Active Members, 19 of whom are Associate Members, 120 Fellows, 90 

 Life Members and 11 Patrons. The election of 3 Fellows is pending. 

 There have been 10 deaths during the year, 26 resignations have become 

 effective, 7 names have been dropped from the roll on account of non- 

 payment of dues, 1 name has been transferred to the list of Life Members 

 and 1 has been transferred to the list of Non-Resident Members. Nine 

 new members have been elected during the year. As the membership of 

 the Academy a year ago was 538, there has been a net loss of 36 during 

 the year 1911. Announcement is made with regret of the loss by death 

 of the following members : 



Bernard G. Amend, Active Member for 45 years, 



William G. Davies, Active Member for 35 years, 



C. A. Herter, Active Member for 17 years, 



Mrs. Esther Herrman, Patron for 30 years, 



James J. Higginson, Active Member for 4 years, 



John S. Huyler, Active Member for 6 years, 



R. P. Lounsberry, Active Member for 6 years, 



Col. J. J. McCook, Life Member for 15 years, 



Mrs. A. K. Nimick, Life Member for 4 years, 



Hon. J. H. Robb, Active Member for 3 years, 



Charles Senff. Patron for 16 years. 



W. H. J. Sieberg, Active Member for 34 years, 



Elliott C. Smith. Active Member for 4 years, 



Miss P. Caroline Swords. Life Member for 1 year, 



A. H. Wellington, Active Member for 1 years. 



Rev. J. L. Zabriskie, Active Member for 1 year. 



Respectfully submitted, Edmund Otis Hovet, 



Recording Secretary. 



