Proceedings. 177 



The recording secretary reported the following financial 

 statement. 



Amount brought over from last year $ 59 66 



Amount collected during the year 495 00 



Total $554 68 



Rent and gas bills and various incidental sums paid during 

 the year $431 17 



Amount on hand at. date $1^3 49 



The corresponding secretary reported the following books 

 and pamphlets received during the year 1888: 



THE UNITED STATES. 



Baltimore, M d. — Johns Hopkins University: Circulars, Vol. vii, Nos. 62-68. 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. — Long Island Historical Society: Campaign of 1776; Dutch 



and Iroquois; Proceedings of 20th Annual Meeting; Proceedings In 



Memoriam. 

 Boston, Mass. — American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Proceedings, Vol. 



XXIII, Pt. 1. 



Mass. Horticultural Society: Schedule of Prizes, 1888; Transaw^ions, 

 1887, Pts. 1 and 2. ' ' 



Buffalo, N. T. — Buffalo Historical Society: Annual. Report, Jan. 10th, 1888. 

 Cambridge, Mass. — Harvard College Observatory: Henry Draper Memorial; 

 Second Annual Report. 



Museum'^of Comparative Zoology: Bulletins, Vol. xiii, Nos. 6,7,8,9 

 and 10; Vol. xvi, Nos. 1 and 2; Vols, xiv and xv; Vol. xvii, Nos. 1 

 and 2; Annual Report of Curator, 1887-8. 

 Champaign, III. — State Laboratory of Natural History: Bulletin, Vol. ii 



Art. VII, Vol. Ill, Art. iv and Nos. 2, 3 and 8. 

 Chapel Hill, N. C— Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society: Journal, Vol. iv, Pt. 



2; Vol. V, Pts. 1 and 2. 

 Charleston, aS. C— Elliott Society of Science and Art: Proceedings, Vol. ii, 



pp. 121-200. 

 Chicago, III. — Academy of Sciences: Constitution and By-Laws; l^ulletin, 



Vol. I, Nos. 1-10. 

 Cincinnati, 0. — Society of Natural History: Journal, Vol. x. No. 4; Vol. xi, 



Nos. 1, 2 and 3. 

 Denver, Colo. — Scientific Society: Proceedings, Vol. ii, Pt. 3. 

 loioa City, la.— St&tc Historical Society: 16th Biennial Report; Historical 



Record, Vol. iv, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. 

 Lansing, Mich.— WichigSLU Agricultural College— State Board of Agriculture : 



Bulletins, 32-42. 

 Lincoln, Neb. — University of Nebraska: University Studies, Vol. i, No. 1. 



