2 24 ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. fXov. 14, 



November 14, 1893. 



stated meeting. 



The President, Professor H. L. Fairchild, in the chair. 



Thirty persons present. 



The Council report recommended : 



(i.) The payment of certain bills. 



(2.) The election of the following candidates as active 



members : 



Mr. William C. Barry, 



Mr. William E. Crane, 



Mr. James B. Morman, 



Mr. Edward D. T. Swift. 



The report was adopted, the bills ordered paid, and the 

 candidates were elected by formal ballot. 



The Librarian, IMiss Mary E. Macauley, made the following 

 report which was read by the Secretary : 



The Librarian would respectfully submit the following brief 

 report : Since the adjournment of the Society in June, there have 

 been received about three hundred pamphlets and fourteen bound 

 volumes. As the exchange list of the Academy now includes the 

 leading foreign societies, as well as those of America, we are in 

 almost daily receipt of valuable additions covering the whole field of 

 science, so that by the end of the year the library will probably 

 number 2,500 volumes. We also receive regularly a number of 

 valuable periodicals. Among these may be mentioned The American 

 Naturalist; Amer. Microscopical Journal; Botanical Gazette; Bulletin 

 Amer. Geographical Society; School of Mities Quarterly; Canadian 

 Entomologist; Technology Quarterly. Mary E. Macauley, 



Librarian. 



The following memorial was read : 



A MEMORIAL OF GEORGE H. HARRIS. 



By Mr. J. G. D'Olier. 



In the year 181 6, there moved to Rochester from Otsego county, 

 X. Y., a Mr. Daniel Harris. This gentleman purchased a farm 

 which included what is now Mount Hope Cemetery, and built a log 



