438 ANNALS NEW YORE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



KEPOKT OF THE EECOEDING SECEETARY. 



During the year 1910, the Academy held 9 business meetings and 27 

 sectional meetings, at which 71 stated papers were presented on the fol- 

 lowing subjects: 



Geology, 20 papers ; Biology, 13 papers ; Ornithology, 1 paper ; Paleon- 

 tology, 2 papers; Ethnology, 3 papers; Psychology, 24 papers; Physics, 

 7 papers; Astronomy, 1 paper. 



Three public lectures by noted home and foreign scientists have been 

 given at the Museum to the members of the Academy and the Affiliated 

 Societies and their friends. These lectures were as follows : 



"With Peary in the Arctic." By Donald B. MacMillan, a member of- 

 Peary's North Polar Expedition. 



"The Geological Survey of the State of New York." By John M. 

 Clarke, State Geologist of New York. 



"Halley's Comet." By Samuel A. Mitchell of Columbia University. 



At the present time, the membership of the Academy includes 538 

 Active Members, 17 of whom are Associate Active Members, 131 Fellows, 

 90 Life Members and 13 Patrons. The election of 11 Fellows is pending. 

 There have been 10 deaths during the year, 18 resignations have become 

 effective and 2 names have been transferred to the list of Non-Eesident 

 Members. The new members elected during the year number 131, 6 of 

 whom have not yet completed their membership. As the membership 

 of the Academy a year ago was 437, there has been a net gain of 101 

 during the year 1910. Announcement is made with regret of the loss by 

 death of the following members : 



M. H. Beers, Active Member for 12 years, 



Julius Bien, Active Member for 35 years, 



E. H. Harriman, Active Member for 6 years, 

 John S. Huyler, Active Member for 6 years, 

 Edward Mitchell, Active Member for 25 years, 

 Eutherford Stuyvesant, Active Member for 43 years, 

 A. H. Wellington, Active Member for 4 years, 



R. P. Whitfield, Active Member for 32 years, 



F. H. Wiggin, Active Member for 13 years, 

 J. L. Zabriskie, Active Member for 1 month. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Edmund Otis Hovey, 



Recording Secretary. 



