236 ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. [Jan. 2 2, 



The Annual Reports ot the officers were presented, as follows : 



Secretary's Report. 



The report of the Secretary, Professor Arthur L, Baker, is 

 summarized as follows : 



During the year fourteen meetings have been held, with an 

 average attendance, not counting the popular lectures, of thirty three. 



Eleven papers have been read, classified as follows: — Geology, 

 two ; Astronomy, Bacteriology, Biography, Engineering, Geodesy, 

 Mathematics, Mechanics, Meteorology, Zoology, one each. 



Four popular lectures have been delivered, one each in Arche- 

 ology, Ethnography, Geography, Paleobotany. 



Twelve active members and one honorary member have been 

 elected, and twelve members have been lost by death or resignation. 

 The present membership is as follows: — honorary members, lo; 

 corresponding members, ;^^ ; life members, i ; fellows, 37 ; active 

 members, 118. Total membership, 199. 



Corresponding Secretary's Report. 



Professor Charles Wright Dodge, the Corresponding Secre- 

 tary, presented a report as follow^s : 



As heretofore the work of this office has consisted mainly in 

 distributing the publications of the Academy and receiving those of 

 other societies sent in return. Of Brochure 2, Volume II, there have 

 been distributed three hundred ten (310) copies to foreign societies, 

 one hundred eighty (180) to societies in the United States and 

 Canada, and thirty-three (t,^) to corresponding, eight (8) to honorary 

 and one hundred fifty-one (151) to active members. The total 

 number distributed is six hundred eighty-two (682), an increase of 

 fifty-one (51) over the number of the last brochure. This increase is 

 due entirely to the fact that many prominent societies, mainly foreign, 

 have sent their publications with the request that ours be sent in 

 exchange. Thus, the Academy with very little cost to itself is 

 gradually acquiring an extensive and valuable library consisting 

 mainly of the papers published by the original investigators belonging 

 to the various scientific societies of the world. 



Respectfully, 



Charles Wright Dodge, 



Corresponding Secretary. 



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