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a large amount of both friendly and vinfriendly criticism, 

 which, however unpleasant at the time, will probably be of 

 more or less benefit in the end. It is not always a misfor- 

 tune for individuals or associations to learn in just what 

 light they appear to others. 



The papers read at the bi-monthly meetings have, many 

 of them, been of great interest, as have been some of the 

 informal lectures — notably those of Frank H. Gushing, the 

 well-known ethnographical explorer of Zuni. 



The present membership of the Academy is two hun- 

 dred and sixty-nine. We have during the year lost twenty- 

 eio-ht members, and admitted fourteen. Four members 

 have during the year been removed from us by death. 



Dr. Albert Kellogg, the latest survivor of the founders of 

 the Academy, whose presence was familiar to you all, died 

 at the end of February of this year, full of years and good 

 works. His ardent love of nature and child-like simplicity 

 endeared him to all who knew him, and though we shall 

 see his kindly face no more, he will not soon be forgotten. 



Dr. Friedrich Jenssen, a young man of great promise, 

 was taken from us in March, 1887. In the department of 

 chemistry, to which he had devoted himself, he had already 

 obtained eminence, but with a brilliant future spread be- 

 fore him the fell ravager, consumption, claimed its victim. 



William Ashburner, a well-known geologist, who at one 

 time was a member of our Board of Trustees, died in mid- 

 summer. At the time of his death he was Eegent of the 

 State University, and one of the Trustees of the Leland 

 Stanford, Jr., University. His death, after a brief illness, 

 was entirely unexpected, and his life cut short in his prime 

 at the period of his greatest usefulness. 



Captain Edward F. Northam, who had maintained his 

 connection with the Society for fifteen years, died in the 

 month of November. Although not devoted to any branch 

 of science, he always manifested a kindly interest in the 

 affairs of the Society. 



