1905.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 915- 



The following reports were ordered to be printed : 



REPORT OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY. 



The regular stated meetings of the year, amounting to sixteen, 

 were held, the average attendance being 26. Communications were 

 made by Messrs. Wetherill, Pilsbry, Harshberger, Crawley, Conklin, 

 Skinner, A. E. Brown, A. P. Brown, Phillips, S. Brown, Rhoads, Van 

 Ingen, Stone, vSharp, Lightfoot, Janney, Jennings and Miss Walter. 



Forty-five papers were presented for publication as follows: Henry 

 W. Fowler, 6; H. A. Pilsbry and E. G. Vanatta, 5; Clarence B. Moore, 4; 

 J. Percy Moore, 4; James A. G. Rehn, 4; Howard Crawley, 2; H. A. 

 Pilsbry, 2; John W. Harshberger, 2; H. A. Pilsbry and Y. Hirase, 2; 

 Cyrus R. Crosby, 1; James A. G. Rehn and Morgan Hebard, 1; E. 

 Goldsmith, 1; T. H. Montgomery, Jr., 1; Burnett Smith, 1; Mary J. 

 Rathbun, 1; C. Schrottky, 1; Hugo Bilgram, 1; C. S. Sargent, 1; T. 

 Chalkley Palmer, 1 ; W. Stone, 1 ; W. Stone and S. N. Rhoads, 1 ; D. M. 

 Barringer, 1, and Benjamin C. Tilghman, 1. 



Four of these, by Clarence B. Moore, constitute the second part of 

 the thirteenth volume of the Journal, for which, with its copious 

 illustrations, we are indebted to the author. Of the others, 29 have 

 been published in the current volume of the Proceedings, of which two 

 numbers have been issued, and four are in course of publication; 

 three were withdrawn, two were transferred to the Entomological 

 Section, one was returned to the author and two remain to be acted on. 



Eight hundred and forty-eight pages of the Proceedings, illustrated 

 by 56 plates; 212 pages of the Journal, with 244 half-tone text figures 

 and 6 maps; 344 pages and 11 plates of the Entomological News, 296 

 pages and 7 plates of the Transactions of the American Entomological 

 Society (Entomological Section of the Academy) and 138 pages and 51 

 plates of the Manual of Conchology have been published. 



In January postal card notices were sent to the members of the 

 Academy requesting those who desired to receive the Proceedings to 

 signify such desire on a return card. The result was such a decrease 

 in the mailing list that the published edition was reduced to 1,200. 



The statistics of distribution are now as follows : 



Proceedings, delivered to members, 206 



" exchanged, 578 



" to subscribers, 43 



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