Record. xli 



Curators Arthur Wlnslow, 



Jalias Hurter, 

 G. Hambach. 



Directors E. A. Engler, 



H. W. Eliot. 



The following additional nominations were made from the 

 floor : — 



Corresponding Secretary A. S. Casbman. 



Director Robert Moore. 



Curator H. A. Wheeler. 



Professor J. H. Kinealy presented some notes on the ven- 

 tilation of rooms, illustrating by experiments one of the tests 

 for the presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an 

 apartment, this being taken as an index of the degree of con- 

 tamination by respiration. In the discussion of the paper, 

 the point was made that chemically pure carbon dioxide is 

 not of itself harmful, save in unduly large proportions. 



Dr. Elisha H. Gregory, Jr., of St. Louis, was elected an 

 active member. 



One person was proposed for active membership. 



January 7, 1895. 



Vice-President Gray in the chair, thirty-seven persons 

 present.' 



The Treasurer's report, an abstract of which follows, was 

 submitted, and, after having been audited by a committee 

 ■appointed for that purpose, was approved. 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance from 1893 9 709 19 



Sundry collections 11 47 



Interest on invested money 360 00 



Membership dues 1,155 00 $2,236 66 



KXPEXDITURK8. 



Rent 3500 00 



Moving library, etc 337 05 



Current expenses 354 56 



Publication of Transactions 847 30 2,038 91 



Balance to 1895 #196 76 



