242 . rochester academy of science. [jan. 12, 



January 12, 1897. 



Annual meeting held at the Reynolds Library. President 

 Fairchild in the chair. Twenty-four persons present. 



The annual reports of the officers were presented, as follows : 



Secretary's Report. 



The Secretary, Professor A. L. Baker, reported seventeen 

 meetings held during the year with an average attendance of forty- 

 five ; new members elected, thirteen ; papers read, twenty-one, classi- 

 fied as follows : Geology and Mineralogy, five ; Botany, three ; 

 Physics, including Engineering, seven : miscellaneous, six. 



Corresponding Secretary's Report. 



The Corresponding Secretary, Professor C. W. Dodge, 

 reported that three new Corresponding Members had been added to 

 the list, making the total number thirty-six. 



Librarian's Report.' 



The Librarian, Miss Florence Beckwith, reported that 508 

 volumes and separate publications had been added to the library dur- 

 ing the year 1896. Thirty-two societies had been added to the 

 exchange list during the year and fifteen had been dropped, making 

 the total number now on the list 466. 



Report of the Botanical Section. 



The report of the Botanical Section was read by the Recorder, 

 Mrs. J. H. McGuire, as follows : 



The officers of the Section are : Miss Mary E. Macauley, 

 Chairman ; Miss Florence Beckwith, V^ice-Chairman ; Mrs. J. H. 

 McGuire, Recorder. 



Since the removal of the Academy from the Reynolds Arcade 

 Building eight years ago, the Section has met at the residence of Mr. 

 William Streeter, No. 14 Scio St. The Section finds there every 

 appliance for botanical and microscopical study in Mr. Streeter' s 

 microscopes, illustrated works on algae and fine reference library. 

 The section is greatly indebted to Mr. and Mrs. Streeter for these 

 privileges, and take this opportunity of publicly acknowledging their 

 kindness and hospitality, and the invaluable assistance they have 

 constantly rendered in botanical and microscopical research. 



