l899-] business proceedings. 2/1 



February 14, 1899. 



• BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING. 



The meeting was held at the Reynolds Library, President 

 Fairchild in the chair ; thirty-five persons present. 



Mr. J. J. Ouinn was elected an active member of the Academy. 



The reports of officers and the election of ofificers for 1899, post- 

 poned from the last meeting, were taken up in their regular order. 



Secretary's Report. 



The Secretary, Dr. M. E. Leary, reported that fifteen meetings 

 were held during the year with an average attendance of sixty-one. 

 Twenty-five papers were read, classified as follows : Botany, six ; 

 Physics, three ; Geology, two ; Travel, three ; Ethnology, two ; 

 Meteorology, two ; and one each in Ornithology, Chemistry, Anat- 

 omy, Sociology, Zoology, Hygiene, Hydraulics. 



Treasurer's Report. 



The Treasurer, Mr. J. E. Putnam, submitted his report for the 

 year, with a balance sheet showing a small balance in the treasury. 



A brief report was given by the Corresponding Secretary, Pro- 

 fessor Charles Wright Dodge. 



Librarian's Report. 



The Librarian, Miss Florence Beckwith, reported that about 

 450 volumes, pamphlets and separate publications, had been added to 

 the library during the year 1898, distributed as follows : 



United States 205 



Canada 17 



Mexico 15 



Central America i 



South America 7 



West Indies 4 



Austria and Hungary 22 



Belgium 8 



France 22 



Germany 47 



Great Britain 19 



Holland 4 



Italy 21 



Luxembourg i 



Norway 6 



Portugal 4 



Roumania i 



Russia 27 



Spain 2 



Sweden 6 



Switzerland 9 



Java 2 



Australasia 3 



