RECORDS OF jrEETINGS. 745 



" Meteorological Observations in 1906 above the Tropical and 

 Equatorial Atlantic." By Professor A. Lawrence Rotcb. 

 The following paper was presented by title : — 

 " The Demagnetizing Factors for Cylindrical Magnets of Dif- 

 ferent Dimensions." By C. L. B. Shuddemagen. Presented by 

 B. O. Peirce. 



Nine hundred and seventy-fourth Meeting. 



May 8, 1907. — Annual Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



There were present twenty-two Fellows. 



Letters were read from E. F. Sawyer and J. S. Kingsley, 

 resigning Fellowship ; from Gustav Retzius, acknowledging 

 election as Foreign Honorary iNIember ; from the New York 

 Academy of Sciences, inviting the Academy to be represented 

 at the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth 

 of Carl von Linne, and also to contribute an official document 

 appreciative of the work of Linn^. 



On motion of the Recording Secretary it was 



Voted, That the appointment of Delegates to the celebrations 

 of the Geological Society of London and the New York Acad- 

 emy of Sciences be intrusted to the President. 



The Chair announced the death of Sir Michael Foster, 

 Foreign Honorary Member in Class II, Section 3. 



The annual report of the Council was read.i 



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

 following is an abstract : — 



General Fund. 



Receipts. 



Investments $1,683.01 



Assessments 1,880.00 



Admission fees 40.00 



Rent of offices 1,200.00 81,803.01 



Expenditures. 



General expenses $3,603.47 



Library 1,199.54 84,803.01 



1 See p. 761. 



