



The scientific session was held in Boston, Mass^ 

 16-18. when the following paper* were read: 



ilar Softening of fold Hard Steel." by 

 Carl Harus; " Comparison of tlu Theory of the 

 Motion ..f th.- Kernit Observations," by 



('.('hand: Influence -f Borax and 



Boric A< id on Nutrition." by Kuvrll II. Chitten- 

 den; "Kvolmioii an n- "f Lund Shells on 



Hawaiian Islands," by Alpheus H) a ut Ob- 



servations on European Dinosaurs " and "The Ju- 

 rassic Fonnation on the Atlantic- Ciwtst Supple- 

 BMOt M.-ir-h : - < 'n t h.- Klastic Kesi- 1 



Ixige*." bj Thomas C. M- nd. -nhall : 

 Beeults obtained with a New Hanm-nie Ana 



U-rt A. Michelson and S. W. Stratton: Km- 



... _ ,; ,. . . . ,, MS." b) Charles s. Min..t : 



ution t. the Study of tl.- f the 



Venom of the Croinlu* Adamanteus fa species of 



rattlesnake] U|M.H the Blood/' byS. Weir Mitchell 



and Alonzo II. Stewart : " On the A ncicnt Molltiscan 



Kaui. Jand," by Kdward > M.-r-e; 



Hypothesis to account f MI- in the 



Crust of the Karth," by John W. Powell; "On a 



Method of obtaining Derivatives of Guani- 



:i the Boiling Points of Mixtures of li.-n- 



md Alcohol*" and "<>n Double Halides con- 



taining Organic Bases," by Ira Itamsen : "On a 



Final Determination of the Relative Lengths of the 



Imperial Yard and of the Met re of the International 



Bureau," by William A. Rogers; "Ovarian Vari- 



ations and Cannibalistic Selection as Factors in the 



Evolution of Species," " Notable Instances of 



Variation nearly unchecked by Natural Selection." 



and "Some of the Important Factors in the Evolu- 



f the Marine Animals of Coral- Reef Seas," 



by Addison K. Verrill: and finally a dissertation 



oh "The Mass of the Karth's Atmosphere," by 



Robert S. Woodward. 



The following papers were read by scientists, not 

 members of the Academy: "On a New Application 

 1 .y Charles R. Cross, and " New 

 Apparatus for Comparison of Therrnonu -icrs and for 

 Determination of the Heat of Combustion of Fuels," 

 by Charles L. Norton. 



At the business meeting. held Nov. 17, Miss Alice 

 L. Gould, daughter of Benjamin Apthorp (iould. 

 who was an original member of the Academy, pre- 

 sented to the organization a fund of $20,000, for 

 which the Academy is to select trustees. It is to 

 be known as the Alice L. Gould fund. to distinguish 

 it from the generous gift made to the Academy by 

 the deceased astronomer, and the proceeds are to be 

 used at the discretion of the trustees in furthering 

 astronomical and mathematical research. The fund 

 was accepted by the Academy, and the donor re- 

 ceived a unanimous expression of the thanks of the 

 members. The trustees chosen were Asaph Hall, 

 of Cambridge, Lewis Boss, of Albanv. and Seth C. 

 Chandler, of Cambridge. 



Other features of the meeting were a lecture at 

 t! ?L Je . enson P , * 1 Laboratory in Cambridge 

 -'barges, with" Kxhil.ition of 

 Apparatus for obtaining High Voltage," bv John 

 Bridge, and "An Account of the Interna- 

 tional (onmi of Geologists in St Pet-M.urg." 

 by Samuel * . Brnmom, During the year the Acad- 

 eniT lost by death the following members: Edward 

 Drinker Cope. Matthew Carey Lea. Th...,d,,r* Ly- 

 man. Alfred Marshall Mayer. .lohi.Hft.nrnon,! Trnm- 



<.-ne rn lilt-lit. -The following wen- the State otli- 



Holromli; 

 . .huiics 1'.. llarri^: Secretary 



Hirer, -L I'. M- 



Auditc.r. .1. !'. t '..riieil ; AttOI r al. C. .1. 



Sniythe; A<ljuv M. I'. 1 1. Barr\ : Supi-rin- 



,. \\ . II. .lack-i-n ; Land Coiu- 



bull. and Francis Amasa \\V f each 



of whom will be found in this volume among the 

 OBITUARIES, AMEI- 



M BlJlsk \. .Veston State, admitted to the 

 . March 1, 18C7: area, 77.510 square miles. 

 The population, accord in _ -iial census 



since admission, was 122 W4 in 1- 

 1880; and 1,058,910 in 1890. Capital, Li, 



8ILA8 A. HOLCOMB, OOVERNOR OF NKBRAMU. 



mi-ioner. .T.V.Wolfe; Oil Inspector. .1. II. Kd- 

 miston all of the silver parties; Chief .Iu-i 

 the Supreme Court. A. M. Post; Associate -Jus- 

 tices, T. < l . C. Harrison. T. L. .\..r\al; Clerk. I . A. 

 !ell all Kepulilicans. 



KinaiKTS. The assessed valuation of property 

 in the Stale, as returned by assessors in 1^ 

 $165,085,583.92, whic-h is $i.-.. less ,| i:lll 



the assessed valuation of 1800. The levy as fixed 

 ny the State Iniard makes the t<.tal assessment fl.- 

 183,069.57. The amount to be rai-c.l l.y all the 

 counties is $4.r>l!l.:iH less than the assessment of 

 last year. The total a<-e-sm-nt of I s."i was sftl,- 

 196.276.aS. The Legislature appropriated $',' 

 S.J:{..|M for expenses ,,f the State for two years. 



Treasury Uefa l< a t ions. The Governor sent a 

 special message to the Legislature. -kini; 



for an investigation of the State in-a-nry. pointing 

 out that ^.Vi?.7<*2 still remained to I..- jp-c.-unted 

 for bv the ex-'I >< a vim - r . A shortage of a). out 

 $25.000 ha<l already been acknowl .l-_ r l l.y tl 

 Auditor. Criminal" and civil suits against th< 

 Treasurer and ex-Auditor and their liond-men fol- 

 lowed, ami both were convicted. Kx-'I'v 

 S. Hartley was sentenced. June i><l. to serve t \\-enty 

 years at hard labor in the I'.-nitcntiarv and 

 a fine of $803,768.90, which was twice the amount 

 is charged with embezzling in the count on 

 which he was Convicted. The Supreme Court 

 affirmed the judgment of the county court. The 

 civil suit to recover the amount of the -h 

 from Mart ley and his bond-men wa^ not concluded 

 at the end of the year. Kx-Auditor Kii'_'<-ne M 

 was sentei ^ht years in th^ 



I' riitentiary and pay a fine of $46,816 for the em- 

 bezzlement of $23,000 State funds. 



