1885.] NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 45 



February 23d, 1885. 



Sixty-ninth Annual Meeting. 



Held at the usual place of meeting, Hamilton Hall, Colum- 

 bia College. 



The President, Dr. J. S. Newberry, in the chair. 



Thirty persons present. 



The Recording Secretary, Prof. O. P. Hubbard, read a 

 Report for the past year, which is summarized as follows : 



There have been held nine meetings of the Council and 

 thirty-two meetings of the Academy. The latter numl)er in- 

 cludes five Popular Lectures. The average attendance of 

 twenty-two meetings was forty-seven persons. The communi- 

 cations to the Academy number sixty, of which twenty-four 

 were oral, and thirty-six were written. Most of them were 

 ilkistrated. They are classified as follows : Mineralogy, 14 ; 

 Geology, 13 ; Natural History, 8 ; Physics, 7 ; Arts, 7 ; Geo- 

 graphy, 4 ; Engineering, 3 ; Chemistry, 2 ; Biology, 1 ; Min- 

 ing, 1. 



Four members have died, namely : Mr. A. J. Johnson, Mr. 

 Cliarles Storrs, Dr. Louis Elsberg and Mr. Porter C. Bliss. 



Eleven members have resigned, and sixteen new meml)ers 

 have joined. 



Through the liberality of the Trustees of Columl)ia College, 

 the Academy has, for a year and one-half, occupied the Greek 

 lecture room in Hamilton Hall free of expense, except the 

 janitor's fees. 



The Annual Election resulted in the election of the follow- 

 ing officers for the coming year : 



President : J. S. Newberry. 



1st Vice-President : O. P. Hubbard. 



2d Vice-President : W. P. Trowbridge. 



Corresponding Secretary : A. R. Leeds. 



Recording Secretary : II. L. Fau-child. 



