Proceedings 257 



Vols. XLii-XLv; Professional Papers, Nos. 1-10, 13-15; Water Sup- 

 ply, NOS. LXV-LXXXVI. 



Washington, D. C. — National Museum: Bulletin, No. 52; Memoirs, Vol. 



VIII : 5; Proceedings, Vol. xxv. 

 WasUington, D. C. — Patent Office: Official Gazette, Vols, cii-cvi. 

 Washington, D. C. — Smithsonian Institution: Annual Report, 1901. 

 Washington, D. C. — Weather Bureau: Monthly Weather Review, Vols. 



xxx: 11, 12; xxxi: 1-9; Report of Chief, 1901-1902. 

 WiesT^aden, Germany. — Nuturhistorische Verein fiir Naturkunde: 



Jahrbuch, Vols, lv, lvi. 

 Winnipeg, Manitoba. — Manitoba Historical and Scientific Society: An 



nual Report, 1902; Transactions, No. 63. 

 Zurich, Switzerland. — Naturforschende Gesellschaf t : Vierteljahr- 



schrift, Vols, xlvii: 3, 4; xlviii: 1, 2. 

 Zurich, Switzerland. — Physikalischen Gesellschaft: Mitteilungen, Nos. 



3-5. 



The foregoing report summarized shows 798 accessions- 

 from 143 societies and institutions. 



The election of officers resulted as follows : 



President, ------- Professor C. W. Hall. 



Vice President, ----- Dr. A. H. Elftman. 



Recording Secretary, - - - Harlow Gale. 



Corresponding Secretary, - - O. W. Oestlund. 



Treasurer, ------- E. C. Gale. 



^ , r , .X. H. Winchell. 



1 rustees lor three vears, 



^Dr. T. S. Roberts 

 Trustee for two years, 



To succeed Dr. Hosmer - T. B. W^alker. 



Professor Hall then gave a resume of the papers and dis- 

 cussions on the Mississippi river in Section D, St. Louis meet- 

 ing of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science. 



266th Meeting, March 8, 1904. 



Psychological Laboratory of H. Gale, 812 S. 4th St. 



Seven persons present. 



President Hall in the chair. 



The President announced that the Articles of Incorpora- 

 tion of the Academy were filed on March 31, 1876. 



Professor John Zeleny read a paper on The Rate oi 

 Propagation of Smell. 



