18 RECORDS 



The President and Recording Secretary elect then took the 

 Chair, and President Woodward deUvered his Annual Address, 

 entitled " Measurement and Calculation." 



At the close of the address a vote of thanks to the retiring 

 President was moved by ex-President Osborn, and carried. 

 Adjourned. 



Richard E. Dodge, 

 Recording Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY. 



During the last academy year the Council and the several 

 sections of the Academy have held their customary meetings, 

 and the academy work has progressed in many ways favorably 

 along the usual lines. 



At the meetings there have been 6^ papers presented, di- 

 vided as follows : 



Anthropology 7. Palaeontology 6. 



Archaeology 3. Photography i. 



Astronomy 4. Physics 8. 



Botany i. Physiography 4. 



Geology 9. Physiology 2. 



Mechanics 3 Psychology 8. 



Miscellaneous 3. Zoology 9. 



There are at present 298 Resident Members, 92 Fellows, and 

 the election of six Fellows is pending. 



At the May meeting, on recommendation of the Council, Dr. 

 Franz von Leydig, of Wiirzburg, Germany, was elected an 

 Honorary Member, and in October, the Executive Committee 

 of the Council sent a letter of congratulation to Dr. Rudolf 

 Virchow on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. The Academy 

 has lost during the year one of its leading workers. Dr. Theo- 

 dore Greeley White, who died in July ; a suitable minute con- 

 cerning Dr. White is printed in the Records for the year. 

 Twelve members of the Academy have been dropped from the 

 rolls for non-payment of dues. 



