RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS. 149 



The Recording Secretary, Miss Lucy M. Pratt, reported that there 

 have been held during the year one annual, nine regular and one spe- 

 cial meeting of the Academy, with an average attendance of twelve 

 persons. The Geological section held five, the Historical section four, 

 and the x\rchjEological section six meetings, with an average attend- 

 ance of four. Two entertainments of a populai' nature were given — 

 a children's entertaiimient on Washington's birthday, and a May-day 

 festival. Three lectures were given — two by Mr. J. Q. Wing, on the 

 " Pre -Historic Age," and one by Mr. Daniel Swiney, on "Ireland." 

 Six Saturday afternoon "talks" were given by Messrs. Lindley, De- 

 Armond, Pratt, Preston, Hazen and Bowman. Five original papers 

 were read at the meetings by Messrs. Hoffman, McWhorter and Gass. 

 Twenty-five regular members and twenty-nine corresponding mem- 

 bers were elected, and five regular members transferred to the roll of 

 life members. 



The Treasurer, Mr. Charles E. Putnam, made a veiy full detailed 

 report, of which the following is a condensed summary : 



The total cost of the publications of the Academy from January 

 1st, 18T7, to January 1st, 1881, has been $1,807.3(5. Of this sum 

 $1,051.00 has been raised from subscriptions and sales of publica- 

 tions, $239.90 was borrowed for printing the reports of 1878, and as- 

 sumed by the Trustees of the Academy, and the remaining $-516.46 

 was advanced by the chairman of the publication committee, who 

 has personally assumed all the liabilities from the publication of Vol- 

 ume II of the Proceedings of the Academy. 



An estimate of the probable receipts of the year 1881 amounts to 

 $693.39 and of necessary running expenses to $618.20. These esti- 

 mates are, of course, approximate only. Probably the general re- 

 ceipts and expenditures will not greatly differ from those of 1880. 

 No estimate is made for scientific investigations, nor for publication, 



