840 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [DcC, 



Academy), and 353 pages illustrated by 60 plates of the Manual of 

 Conchology have been published. 



The issues of the Proceedings and Journal have been distributed as 

 follows : 



Proceedings, delivered to members 498 



" exchanged, 560 



" to subscribers, 40 



1,098 



Journal, exchanged, 72 



" to subscribers, 34 



106 



The decrease in the number of copies of the Proceedings sent out is 

 due to a careful revision of the Exchange List, those societies being 

 dropped, after due notification, from whom it is unlikely that a return 

 will be received. 



Sixteen members and two correspondents have been elected. The 

 deaths of sixteen members and four correspondents have been an- 

 nounced. The following have resigned their membership: William J. 

 Scott, Norris J. Scott, H. B. Gross, O. S. Paxson, William D. Joyce, 

 William R. Reineck, C. M. Thomas and H. H. Furness. 



In consequence of a decrease in the membership of the Conchological 

 Section it ceased to exist in March, and the publication of the Manual 

 of Conchology, the property of the Section since the death of the first 

 editor, Mr. George W. Tryon, Jr., has been assumed by the Academy. 

 The work will be continued under the direction of Henry A. 

 Pilsbry, Sc.D. Mr. S. Raymond Roberts, formerly Treasurer of the 

 Conchological Section, has kindly consented to retain the financial 

 administration of the Manual, and has reported on the receipts and 

 expenditures since the dissolution of the Section. 



Dr. Charles B. Penrose was elected a member of the Council to fill 

 the vacancy caused by the absence of Mr. Charles H. Cramp. 



The resignation of Mr. Harold Wingate from the Committee on 

 Accounts, becavise of removal from the city, w^as accepted. 



The meetings of a number of related societies continue to be held 

 in the rooms of the Academy. 



I desire to acknowledge my obligation to Mr. William J. Fox for 

 most efficient assistance in the preparation and distribution of tlic 

 publications and in other matters connected with my office. 



Edward J. Nolan, 



Recording Secretory. 



