SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 45 1 



During this period the following meetings of the Academy have 

 been held : 



23d. Meeting January 3j, 1904 — Annual for election of officers, etc. 



24th. Meeting March 39, 1904 — For hearing remarks by Mr. T. 

 C. Chamberlin, of the University of Chicago, on the Planetesimal 

 Hypothesis, together with discussion. 



25th. Meeting January 5, 1905 — For a discussion of the Use of 

 Copper Salts in the Purification of Water Supplies. 



The Board of Managers has held 10 meetings for the transaction of 

 the current business of the academy. It has, during this time, en- 

 deavored to establish a closer relationship between the resident and 

 non-resident members of the academy by inducing the latter to pre- 

 sent at public meetings important results relating to their special lines 

 of work. 



The Proceedings of the Academy have been regularly published 

 in the form of separate brochures. Vol. VI is now nearly completed. 

 Arrangements have been made to prepare and publish a revised edi- 

 tion of the Directory of the Academy and Affiliated Societies. The 

 labor of the preparation and editing of the Proceedings and other 

 publications of the Academy is so considerable that it has been 

 deemed advisable to carry out the suggestion made by the Academy 

 at the last annual meeting and employ a paid editor for this work. 

 Mr. Barton W. Evermann, the Chairman of the Committee on Publi- 

 cation, has been designated as Editor and has performed the services 

 to the eminent satisfaction of the Board. A scheme for the wider 

 distribution of the publications of the Academy has been inaugurated, 

 and loi universities, libraries and other institutions have been added 

 to the exchange list. 



Early in the year the Society of American Foresters applied for 

 admission into the group of Affiliated Societies. In accordance with 

 Article VI, Sec. 2, of the By-Laws, a vote on the subject of the 

 admission was taken by correspondence with the following result : 



Voting members of Academy 31S 



Necessary to a choice 160 



In favor of admission 23S 



Against admission 3 



Declined to vote i 



Others not voting 76 



The Society of American Foresters was accordingly admitted to 

 the group of affiliated societies. 



