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of Herman Karsten, " Geology of Venezuela, Colombia and 

 Ecuador ;" Reiss and Striibel " Geological Studies in Colombia," 

 and in " Coal and Petroleum in Colombia." published by the 

 Bureau of American Republics. 

 New York, December 21st, 1896. 



Annual Business Meeting. 

 February 22d, 1897. 



The Academy met with President Stevenson in the chair; 

 nineteen persons present. 



The minutes of the last business meeting were read and 

 approved. 



The reports of the officers of the Academy for the preceding 

 year were then called for, beginning with that of the Secretary. 



Report of the Recording Secretary. 



The Academy has continued during the year past the pro- 

 gressive course that characterized the previous year, and has be- 

 come more and more a real force in the scientific thought of 

 the cit3\ 



During the year there have been held nine meetings of the 

 "Council ; nine business meetings of the Academy ; nineteen 

 stated meetings ; six public lectures; one public reception. 



The section of Astronom3^ and Physics has held eight meet- 

 ings ; the section of Biology eight, and that of Geology also 

 eight. The average attendance at the first has been twenty- 

 eight ; at the second forty, and at the third twenty. The sub- 

 section of Anthropology and Psychology has met four times 

 with an average attendance of thirty. The subsection of 

 Philology has met three times with an average of twenty-three. 



A total of ninety papers has been presented, not including 

 public lectures. They may be classified as follows : 



