326 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OP SCIENCES. 



January 7, 1889. — Annual Meeting. 

 The Peesdent in the chair. 



The annual reports of the officers and board of trustees 

 were received and referred to the Publication Committee. 



The judges and inspectors of election reported the fol- 

 lowing officers elected for the ensuing year: 



H. W. Harkness, President. 



H. H. Behr, First Vice-President. 



George Hewston, Second Vice-President. 



Frederick Gutzkow, Corresponding Secretary. 



J. R. ScuPHAM, Recording Secretary. 



I. E. Thayer, Treasurer. 



Carlos Troyer, Librarian. 



J. G. Cooper, Director of Museum. 



Trustees : 

 Charles F. Crocker, E. J. Molera, 



D. E. Hayes, George C. Perkins, 



S. W. HOLLADAY, IrMNG M. ScOTT, 



John Taylor. 



REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 



The reports of the officers and curators of the Academy, 

 just read, show a very gratifying amount of activity, both 

 in the scientific work of the Society and in matters relating 

 more directly to its income, the housing of its steadily in- 

 creasing collections, and accommodations for the working 

 sections. 



The Museum has been much increased, especially in the 

 departments of Birds and Mammals, and in Botany, both by 

 donation and by exchanges brought about by the efficient 

 carators. 



When the Society is in a condition to provide working 

 facilities for other departments, it is hoped they will become 

 equally active. 



