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Dr. Brixton made a report of progress in behalf of the Com- 

 mittee on the Audubon Monument, describing briefly the several 

 methods employed by the Committee to further the object 

 sought, and the difl&culty encountered in obtaining the desired 

 amount. The Committee have now about $1,000 in bank, and 

 some $700 more in available pledges. They will proceed to make 

 further efforts, and endeavor to complete their work during the 

 present session-year, i.e., by the summer of 1890; and then a 

 monument can be erected, if not such as was at first desired, at 

 least suitable and creditable. 



The report was accepted and the Committee continued. 



The tellers reported fifteen ballots cast, and the regular ticket 

 elected, with but a few scattering votes, as follows: — 



President, John S. Newberry. 



First Vice-President, Oliver P. Hubbard. 



Second Vice-President, Seth Low. 



Corresponding Secretary, Thomas L. Casey. 



Recording Secretary, H. Carrington Bolton. 



Treasurer, Henry Dudley. 



Librarian, Anthony W. Vogdes. 



Councillors, N. L. Brixton, Charles F. Cox, A. A. Julien, 

 D. S, Martin, J. K. Rees, J. J. Stevenson. 



Curators, Geo, F. Kunz, Bashford Deane, MissF. R, M. 

 HixcHcocK, F. H. J. Merrill, W. LeConxe Sxevens. 



Finance Committee, John H. Hinton, H. G. Marquand, 

 0. B. Potter. 



On announcing the result of the vote, the President returned 

 thanks to the Society for the compliment of his re-election. 



The business of the evening having been completed, Mr. 

 "William L. Elseffer made the following remarks: — 



Mr. President: — I would like to call the attention of the 

 Academy briefly to the present anomalous high-water condition 

 in the lower Mississippi River. 



It is well known that the Ohio River furnishes the waters 

 that cause the great floods in the lower Mississippi. But there 

 has not been as yet this year any considerable flood in the Ohio, 

 nor in any large tributary of tlie Mississippi River, to cause, 

 under natural conditions, the present high stageof water at New 

 Orleans and Vicksburg. 



