CONTENTS. 
AGE 
I. Acr or Concress ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL ACADEMY 
OF SCIENCES j : < 3 $ 
ConstiTtuTIOoN AND By-LAws OF THE ACADEMY . * 
5 
8 
ORGANIZATION OF THE ACADEMY FOR 1866 = 23 
CoMMITTEES OF THE ACADEMY . et 
List oF MEMBERS, ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER . 81 
: ForeIGn ASsocIATES . Cog ee 
ANNUAL REporT OF THE PRESIDENT FOR 1866 . . . 35 
List of MEMoIRS PRESENTED TO THE ACADEMY . . 44 
BiocraparcaL Notice oF JAMES MELVILLE Giiliss. . 51 
: « on EOS 
- 127 
genie 
Memorr or BENJAMIN SILLIMAN - *4 
XI. Osrrvary or Dr. Epwarp Hirencock - + - 
