foreign scientific books and apparatus. The report was adopted, 

 and the Recording Secretary was instructed to send a copy to 

 Senator Cockerell and Representative Broadhead. 



On motion of Dr. Hambach, it was voted to complete the set of 

 the Transactions sent to the Natural History Society of Glasgow. 



Adjourned. 



"Januai-y 5, 1885. 



Dr. J. M. Leete, Vice President, in the chair. Present — Messrs. 

 Leete, Potter, Engler, Moore, Wheeler, Evers, Hambach, Luede- 

 king, Allderdice, Tivy, Spiegelhalter, Sander, Letterman, and 

 Nipher. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. 



The Corresponding Secretary was absent by reason of illness. 



Dr. Leete made the following remarks on the work of the 

 Academy during the past year : 

 Gentlemen of the Academy, — 



It is fortunate for me that the Academy has no established rule to be 

 observed by the Chairman at its annual meeting. It will then not be ex- 

 pected that I will attempt to set out even in general terms what has been 

 accomplished in the great domain of Science during the year just closed. 

 It will not even be expected that I will attempt to lay before you at this 

 time what our Academy has done during the year 1S84. 



If there were strangers present, it would be proper to say that our So- 

 ciety embraces two classes. The one, and the smaller, is made of such as 

 pursuing their chosen lines of investigation do the work that is done by 

 the Academy ; in the other, and much the larger class, will be found those 

 who are lookers-on, and are entertained and instructed by the workers. 



It has not been cnstomary to declare at the close of a year just what or 

 how much has been accomplished during a twelve- month ; but when suf- 

 ficient material has been collected to make a respectable volume, and there 

 is sufficient money in the treasury for the purpose, the Transactions of 

 the Academy have been published. 



During the past year our Academy has sustained a very great loss. Our 

 highly honored and much loved President, Dr. George Engelmann, passed 

 away early in February, 18S4. His life had been one of great activity and 

 usefulness, and he had lived much beyond the limit ordinarily allotted to 

 men. His preparation for the duties of his profession had been so full 

 and complete, and he discharged those duties so faithfully and so accept- 

 ably, that it may with great propriety be faid that he adorned the profes- 

 sion gf Medicine. I think it may be said without injustice to anyone 



