130 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [FEB. 27, 
follows: Gevlogy and Paleontology, eleven; Geography, seven ; 
Mineralogy, seven; Zoology, six; Physics, four; Physiology, 
Meteorology, and Mechanics and Engineering, three each ; and 
one each in Archeology, Botany, and Chemistry. The informal 
and oral communications have been numerous, as usual, and 
cover a wide range of topics. Detail is unnecessary here, as the 
Transactions make a full record of the scientific work. 
Publications. 
Volume IV. of the Transactions, which was required to make 
the series complete, has been printed and distributed. 
Last year’s volume, Vo]. VI., has been recently distributed. 
The matter for the first four months of the current year will 
soon be given to members. And it is intended that thereafter 
the publication of the monthly or bimonthly numbers of the 
Transactions will be prompt. To accomplish this, the co-opera- 
tion with the editor of the authors of papers is necessary. 
Changes of By-laws. 
The only important changes of rules since the increase of 
Resident Members’ charges, are the increase of the Patron’s fee to 
$250, and the creation of the class of Life Members, with a fee 
of $100. 
Review, and Events. 
In all respects the year has been prosperous and successful, 
and in several particulars a year of special and unusual interest 
and activity. 
The doubling of the membership charges made the year one 
of anxious interest. ‘The result is gratifying, as shown by the 
undiminished membership and greatly increased income. (See 
Treasurer’s Report.) 
The publication of the History of the Society was an event of 
peculiar pleasure. 
It was not by intention or desire that the Academy took the 
most prominent part in the preparation for, and entertainment 
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 
But circumstances so ordered it, and the successful character of 
the Association meeting reflects honor upon the Academy. 
In the erection of a monument to Audubon, another move- 
ment of a public character has been initiated by the Academy, 
and is being successfully conducted by its committee. 
The process of separation, and creation of special scientific 
societies, which has heretofore prevailed in the city, has been 
met by a reverse tendency; and in the proposition of the Miner- 
