PROCEEDINGS. 575 



As the result of the annual election, the following were declared officers 

 for the ensuing year: 

 David Starr Jordan, President. 

 William E. Ritter, First Vice-President. 

 H. H. Behr, Second Vice-President. 

 J. O'B. Gunn, Corresponding Secretary . 

 G. P. Kixford, Recording Secretary. 

 L. H. Foote, Treasurer. 

 George C. Edwards, Librarian. 

 Charles A. Keeler, Director of Museum. 



Trustees: 

 William M. Pierson, Irving M. Scott, Charles F. Crocker, 



Lewis Gerstle, E. J. Molera, George C. Perkins, 



G. W. Stewart. 



The annual report of the President was read, and on motion a commit- 

 tee of three was appointed to take into consideration that part of the 

 report bearing upon the burden of taxation imposed upon the Academy, 

 with the view of procuring the necessary legislation to exempt it and other 

 similar institutions from such burden. 



Keports of Curators and Officers and Board of Trustees were read and 

 ordered placed on file. 



A Resolution regarding the funds for the payments of taxes was read 

 and accepted. 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR 1896. 

 The additions to the library for the year 1896 have been as follows: 



From correspondents 1897 



By purchase 1010 



By donation 99 



By exchange 1 



Total 3007 



Valuable donations of books and pamplets have been received from the 

 following: Nathan Banks, James M. Macoun, Alpheus Spring Packard, F. 

 W. Putnam, Henri di Saussure, Frank W. Very, A. W. Vogdes, Elstanislao 

 S. Zeballos, C. F. Baker, Alberto Sanchez, E. D. Cope, S. Garman, Geo. 

 C. Perkins, Heury B. Ward, F. W. Clark, Robert L. Jack, A. Bastian, H. 

 C. Russell, Spanish Consulate (San Francisco), H. W. Turner, F. F.. 

 Allen, William Trelease, F. Franceschi, Isabel A. Mulford, Charles Henry 

 Thompson, Clarence B. Moore, C. C. Willoughby, G. A. Dorsey, William 

 Butenru idler, J. Douglas Ogilby, Edru. de Selys Longchamps, Baron F. 

 von Muller, Charles A. White, Axel Rydberg, Mark Baldwin, W. McM. 



