PROCEEDINGS 
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SCIENCES. 
Annuat Meetine, January 4TH, 1875. 
Vice-President Hewston mm the chair. 
Fifty members present. 
In the absence of the President, the Vice-President read the 
annual address. 
The Corresponding Secretary read his annual report, stating 
that the correspondence is becoming more extensive and impor- 
tant with the growth of the Academy. 
The Recording Secretary submitted a brief report, giving the 
average attendance at meetings as 31 members, and the total 
resident membership as 301, and the life membership 78. 
The Treasurer’s annual report places the balance on hand at 
$2,958.43. 
The Librarian’s report gives the number of books in the libra- 
ry at 5,000 volumes, 2,500 of which are bound. 
Dr. A. B. Stout, from the committee appointed to gather in- 
formation sought by the French Acclimatization Society, re- 
ported that certain of the questions had been answered by dif- 
ferent individuals. The report was accepted, and Dr. Stout was 
Proc. Cau. AcAD. Scr., Vou. VI.—1. 
