RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 659 



One thousand and thirty-sixth Meeting. 



May 13, 1914. — Annual Meeting. 



The Academy met at its House. 



The President in the chair. 



There were forty-five Fellows present. 



The following letters were read: — • from the University of Missouri, 

 inviting the Academy to be represented at its seventy-fifth anniver- 

 sary, June 3, 1914; from the President of the committee of the fourth 

 centennial of the discovery of the Pacific, thanking the Academy for 

 the designation of Professor W. T. Sedgwick as its delegate; from the 

 editor of the Danish Weekly "Nordlyset" published in New York 

 city, asking for an expression of welcome to Dr. Georg Brandes, a 

 Foreign Honorary Member, who is expected in New York; from the 

 Comite International de la Medaille et de la Fondation Henri Poincare, 

 requesting a list of members, with a view to soliciting subscriptions. 



The following deaths were announced by the Chair: — 



Sir John Murray, Foreign Honorary Member in Class H., Section 1; 

 George William Hill, Fellow in Class I., Section 1; Alfred Noble, 

 Fellow in Class I., Section 4; Charles Pickering Putnam, Fellow in 

 Class n.. Section 4; Charles Santiago Sanders Peirce, Fellow in Class 

 ni.. Section 1. 



The following report of the Council was presented: — 



Since the last report of the Council, there have been reported the 

 deaths of eleven Fellows : — Okakura-Kakuzo, Francis Bartlett, Regi- 

 nald Heber Fitz, Seth Carlo Chandler, Silas Weir Mitchell, Benjamin 

 Osgood Peirce, Edward Singleton Holden, Charles Pickering Putnam, 

 George William Hill, Alfred Noble and Charles Santiago Sanders 

 Peirce ; and of two Foreign Honorary Members : — Sir David Gill and 

 Sir John Murray. 



Two Fellows have resigned: — Edward Channing and Rolicrt Swain 

 Peabody. 



Seventy-one Fellows have been elected, of which number five have 

 declined Fellowship, two have not yet accepted election. 



Three Foreign Honorary Members have been elected. 



The roll now includes 387 Fellows and 55 Foreign Honorary Mem- 

 bers. 



The annual report of the Treasurer was read, of which the following 

 is an abstract:— 



