Januabt 11, 1907] 



SCIENCE 



47 



New York City, December 27, 1906, to 

 January 2, 1907. 



The registered attendance of association 

 members was 934. This places the meeting 

 as the fifth in order of size. It was ex- 

 ceeded in attendance by the meetings at 

 Philadelphia in 1884 (attendance 1,261), 

 Boston in 1880 (997), Washington in 

 1902-3 (975) and Montreal in 1882 (937). 



The average attendance at the last 

 twenty meetings of the association pre- 

 ceding the New York meeting was only 

 458, about one half as great as at the New 

 York meeting. 



The above figures are from the registra- 

 tion at the central registration office up to 

 five 'clock on December 31. The registra- 

 tion of attendance of three sections of the 

 association was known to be incomplete at 

 that time on account of an accident which 

 interfered with the arrangements for regis- 

 tration. It is believed that the total num- 

 ber of persons in attendance at the meet- 

 ings of the association and affiliated socie- 

 ties was not less than 1,500, placing it first 

 in rank among meetings of the association. 



The following shows the registered at- 

 tendance by sections: A— Mathematics and 

 Astronomy, 80; B— Physics, 104; C— 

 Chemistry, 106; D— Mechanical Science 

 and Engineering, 25; E— Geology and 

 Geography, 115; P-Zoology, 181; G— 

 Botany, 139; H— Anthropology, 57; I— 

 Social and Economic Science, 24; K— 

 Physiology and Experimental Medicine, 

 61; no preference indicated, 42. 



The geographical distribution of the 934 

 members who registered is as follows: 300 

 from New York; 110 from the District of 

 Columbia; 96 from Massachusetts; 82 from 

 Pennsylvania; 44 from New Jersey; 44 

 from Ohio ; 30 from Connecticut ; 25 from 

 Illinois ; 17 from Khode Island ; 17 from 

 Canada; 14 from Maryland; 14 from New 

 Hampshire; 12 from Michigan; 11 from 

 Virginia; 11 from Missouri; 10 from Wis- 



consin; and less than ten from each of 

 twenty-four different states. Two persons 

 registered from England and one each 

 from Ireland, Cuba and Japan. 



Four hundred and eleven new members 

 were added to the association at this meet- 

 ing. Of these about 350 are due to the 

 activity of the local committee, which had, 

 moreover, previously sent nominations in 

 of about 125 members. 



Ten papers were furnished to Section A. 

 These papers were presented before the one 

 joint session with the Mathematical Society 

 and the Astronomical Society or were 

 merged in their programs. 



Section B had ten papers on its program, 

 and the American Physical Society had 27 

 papers. The papers were presented in 

 joint sessions. 



Section C met in joint session with the 

 American Chemical Society, at which 123 

 papers were presented. The large number 

 of papers required that the section be di- 

 vided into sub-sections of inorganic, or- 

 ganic, industrial, agricultural and sanitary, 

 physical and biological chemistry, each pre- 

 sided over by a special chairman who 

 added to the interest of the meeting by an 

 address on his special branch of chemistry. 

 Although the registered attendance of Sec- 

 tion C was but little more than 100, the 

 secretary of that section states his belief 

 that about 300 chemists were present at the 

 meetings. 



Nine papers were presented before Sec- 

 tion D (Engineering). 



Section E held two independent sessions 

 for the reading of papers ; it also held four 

 joint sessions with the Geological Society 

 of America, the sessions being held in two 

 sub-sections. Ten papers were presented 

 to the section, and more than sixty papers 

 were presented to the Geological Society. 



Section F held joint sessions for the 

 reading of papers with the American So- 

 ciety of Zoologists, at which about eighty 



