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The president announced the next order of business to be the nomina- 

 tion and election of four trustees to fill the vacancies caused by the ex- 

 piration of the terms of office of George Cromwell, Anton W. Hoffmeyer 

 (selected by the Board of Trustees May 27, 1916, in place of George S. 

 Humphrey resigned), William H. Mitchill, and F. Winthrop White, and 

 called for the report of the committee on nominations. 



The committee submitted a report nominating and recommending the 

 reelection of the four incumbents mentioned. 



The president asked if there were any other nominations and none 

 being offered it was 



Voted, that the secretary cast one affirmative ballot for the election of 

 the nominees recommended by the committee. 



The secretary cast the ballot as instructed and the president declared 

 George Cromwell, Anton W. Hoffmeyer, William H. Mitchill, and F. 

 Withrop White elected trustees of the Association for the ensuing three 

 years. 



The work of the sections during the year was reported upon by Mr. 

 Howard H. Cleaves for the Section of Natural Science (see this issue, 

 p. 221), and by Mr. S. McKee Smith for the Section of Historical Re- 

 search (see this issue, p. 222). 



The annual report of the Britton Cottage committee was read and or- 

 dered placed on file. (See this issue, p. 243.) 



Dr. J. Q. Adams reported as follows on the work of the committee on 

 the new museum building : 



The committee, consisting of Dr. John Q. Adams, chairman, William 

 T. Davis, James R. Walsh, William G. Willcox, Charles A. Ingalls and 

 President Howard R. Bayne ex officio, is pleased to report that at date 

 $10,575 has been secured in 122 pledged subscriptions to the building 

 fund, in addition to the $10,000 pledged by Mr. Willcox conditional on a 

 like amount being raised on or before May i, 1917. On the last day of 

 April $310 was lacking to make up the amount required. One of our 

 members, Mr. Eberhard Faber, on being told of this immediately wrote 

 his check for the full amount required and Mr. Willcox, on being in- 

 formed that the conditions relating to his subscription had been met, 

 promptly remitted his check for $10,000. Other subscriptions have also 

 been paid in and the amount now actually in the treasurer's hands is 

 $15,000. 



The Board of Trustees has instructed the architect, Mr. Robert W. 

 Gardner, to obtain bids for excavating, in order that the work of con- 

 struction may be begun as soon as feasible, in conformity with the plans 

 adopted. 



The committee is of the opinion that, owing to the recent increased 

 price of labor and material the cost of the building will exceed, by sev- 

 eral thousand dollars, the original estimate of $20,000; but the committee 

 is confident that the necessary means will be forthcoming. 



The president delivered his annual address. 



