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The number of your Associate Members amounted in the beginning of 

 the year to 104; 3 of these have removed from the city or have resigned, 

 and 3 others have been added to the list, so that the number of members 

 has remained stationary. 



The finances of the Academy are flourishing on a small scale; the 

 Treasurer has been able to liquidate all debts and has a surplus on hand 

 of $149.42, which, when the outstanding debts due to the Academy from 

 members, and which are almost all considered perfectly safe, shall have 

 been paid in, will enable you to go on with your publications, and these 

 are the important links which connect your Institution with the scientific 

 world abroad. 



In former annual reports I have dwelt on the necessity of obtaining a 

 home for the Academy, which at present owes to the enlightened liber- 

 ality of the School Board the possibility of meeting at all. I had then 

 spoken of possibilities in view, and flattered myself and you with the 

 probabilities of success. But you are now in this respect not farther ad- 

 vanced than you were years ago, and it is left to your wisdom and your 

 energy to lead the Academy to a more promising and a more prosperous 

 future. You want a home and you must have a home where your most 

 important library can be properly exhibited and made useful, where a 

 museum may be established, valuable elements of which are already in 

 your possession, and where visitors as well as citizens may enjoy and 

 instruct themselves. 



The Corresponding Secretary then presented his annual report, 

 of which the following is an abstract. 



Of the 300 copies of the Monograph on Missouri Potteries, 151 

 have been distributed to societies and academies more especially 

 interested in anthropology or archaeology, 2 copies are yet in the 

 hands of the Corresponding Secretary, and the rest are deposited 

 with the Librarian. 



The Corresponding Secretary has also received 440 copies of 

 No. I, vol. iv. of the Transactions, of which 422 have been sent 

 to exchanges, 16 sold, and 2 remain in the hands of the Corre- 

 sponding Secretary, the remainder of the edition being deposited 

 in the library. 



Mr. E. Sander, Treasurer, also made his annual report, by 

 which it appeared that the total receipts from all sources during 

 the 3 ear was $624.47, ^^^ t°^^^ disbursements $475.05, of which 

 $401.53 was for the completion of No. i of vol. 4. 



