l894-] ANNUAL REPORTS. 237 



Treasurer's Report. 



The Treasurer, Mr. J. Eugene Whitney, made a report of the 

 finances of the year, of which the following is a summary : 



Balance on hand, January, 1S93, $334 81 



Receipts during the year, 466 00 



Total, $Soo 8r 



Disbursements during the year, as per vouchers. 638 68 



Balance, $162 13 



Librarian's Report. 



The report of the Librarian, Miss Marv E. Macauley, was not 

 read at this meeting, but is here summarized as follows : 



Number of bound volumes received during 1893, 32 ; number of 

 unbound volumes and pamphlets, 953 ; total accession for the year, 



985. 



Number of bound volumes in the library, 125 ; number of 

 unbound volumes and pamphlets, 2,464. • Total, 2,588. 



Botanical Curator's Report. 



The Curator in Botany, Mr. J. B. Fuller, stated that during the 

 year there had been added to the herbarium about 300 specimens, 

 collected by members of the Botanical Section. The total number of 

 mounted and labeled specimens is now 3,210. 



Report of Botanical Section. 

 Read by Mrs. J. H. McGuire, Recorder of the Section. 



The Section has held its meetings with regularity every two 

 weeks during the whole year, and has met, as has long been the 

 custom, at the residence of Mr. William Streeter. To Mr. Streeter 

 the Section and the Society are under great obligation for his 

 hospitality and his dev'otion of time and material to the botanical 

 work. 



The officers of the Section are : President, Miss AL^ry E. 

 Macauley ; Vice-President, Miss Florence Beckwith ; Recorder, 

 Mrs. T- H. McGuire. 



