54 JOURNAL OF THE [April, 



terations in Papers used for Writing and Engraving." This 

 address was illustrated by numerous objects and photomicro- 

 graphs, as noted below, and is published in this number of the 

 Journal, p. 31. 



This being the stated meeting for the annual election of 

 officers, the President appointed Mr. William J. Lloyd and Dr. 

 Anthony Woodward tellers, and at the closing of the polls the 

 following persons were declared elected officers of the Society 

 for 1894 : 



President, Charles S. Shultz. 



Vice-President, Edw. G. Love. 



Recording Secretary, George E. Ashby. 



Corresponding Secretary, J. L. Zabriskie. 



Treasurer, James Walker. 



Librarian, Ludwig Riederer. 



Curator, George E. Ashby. 

 ( F. W. Devoe. 



Auditors - w. E. Damon. 

 ( F. W. Leggett. 



OBJECTS EXHIBITED. 



1. Bacillus tuberculosis, under a one-quarter-inch objective of 

 his own construction : by F. D. Skeel. 



2. A "Bulloch Stand" made by E. B. Meyrowitz : by F. D. 

 Skeel. 



3. Flax, from a fine example used in spinning at Flatbush, 

 Long Island, in 182 1. 



4. Linen fibre ready for paper-making. 



5. Linen paper extracted from a Michigan Central Railroad 

 bond dated 1872. 



6. " Royal Irish Linen " paper containing a large proportion of 

 cotton. 



7. Sea Island cotton. 



8. The " suspected paper," purported to be linen, but contain- 

 ing linen, cotton, and wood. 



9. '' Eker" paper from Norway. 



10. Sections of wood of Populus monilifera Ait. 



11. Poplar- wood pulp, "soda process." 



12. Sections of spruce wood. 



