C()NTENTS. 



Report of Treasurer — Frank A. Balch, ..... 214 



Kq\>ox\. o^ \\h\z.x\7i\\— Miss Julia E. Sanders, . . .215 



Report of Curator — //'. //. Pra//, ..... 216 



President's Annual Atklress — Dr. C. H. Preston, .... 218 



Election of Officers for 1883, .... 221 



Citizens' Meeting to devise means to iiay otV the indehtedness of the Academy 223 



Report of Publication Committee — Completion of Volume III., . 225 



Obituary Notice of Dr. John Le Conte — Dr. C. C. Parry, . . 230 



Annual Meeting, January 2, 1884, ...... 231 



Report of Treasurer — C E. Harrison, . . . .231 



Report of Curator— \V. H. Pratt, ..... 233 



Report of Librarian — Dr. Jennie McCowen, .... 235 



Report of Recording Secretary — Miss Lncy M. Pratt, . . . 235 



President's Annual Addre.ss — E. P. Lynch, ..... 237 



Election of Officers for 1884, ...... 240 



Obituary Notice of Dr. George Engelmann — Dr. C. C. Parry, . . 242 



Resolutions concerning Legislation on Patents, .... 244 



Resolutions upon the Death of Dr. Farquharson, .... 248 



Appendi.x — Elephant Pipes and Inscribed Tal)lets — C. E. Putnam, . 253 



Correspondence, ........ 300 



Criticisms of the Press, ...... 334 



Supplementary Note, ..... . . 344 



