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651 



18, 1915, elected in 1885; and Eugene W. Hil- 

 gard, on January 8, 1916, elected in 1872. 



One foreign associate, Paul Ehxlioh, died on Au- 

 gust 20, 1915, elected in 1904. 



There are 139 active members on the member- 

 ship list, 1 honorary member, and 39 foreign as- 

 Bociates. 



Aethtjb L. Day, 

 Home Secretary 



EEPOET OP THE FOREIGN SECRETARY 



I have the honor to report on the work of the 

 foreign secretary for the year ending April 19, 

 1916. 



An attempt has been made, through correspond- 

 ence with various academies and societies belong- 

 ing to the International Association of Academies, 

 to secure a partial continuance of some portions 

 of the association's work through the period of 

 the war. Although international meetings are 

 obviously not feasible, it was hoped that a tempo- 

 rary transfer of the functions of leading academy 

 from Berlin to Amsterdam, as suggested by the 

 former body, might serve a useful purpose. Un- 

 fortunately, however, certain diificulties of an in- 

 superable nature prevented the proposed transfer, 

 and no further steps can be taken at present. 



It was suggested to the Amsterdam Academy by 

 the foreign secretary, also acting in the capacity 

 of secretary of a joint committee of the National 

 Academy and the American Association, that the 

 Accademia dei Linoei be requested to use its good 

 oi£ces to secure the continuation of the work of 

 the Zoological Station at Naples. A favorable 

 reply was received from the president of the Lin- 

 cei, but the participation of Italy in the war has 

 prevented Dr. Dohrn from retaining the direction 

 of the station, which is now under an Italian ad- 

 ministration. 



At the request of the president of the Amster- 

 dam Academy, who is also permanent secretary of 

 the International Geodetic Association, the Secre- 

 tary of State was asked by the academy to use his 

 influence to secure the continued participation of 

 the United States in the work of the association, 

 and the maintenance of the international latitude 

 station at Ukiah, California. Through the action 

 of the Secretary of State, and the interest of 

 members of Congress, the necessary appropria- 

 tions have been provided. 



Cteorge E. Hale, 

 Foreign Secretary 



The following reports from the directors of the 

 trust funds of the academy were presented and 

 the recommendations contained therein adopted. 



REPORT OP THE DIRECTORS OP THE BACHE FUND 



Mr. Ira Eemsen resigned as director of the 

 fund at the annual meeting, 1915. The two re- 

 maining members of the committee chose Mr. 

 Arthur &. Webster as the third member, and later 

 the undersigned was elected chairman. Since the 

 annual meeting the following appropriations have 

 been made : 



No. 187 to H. H. Lane, State University of 

 Oklahoma, $500, for the purchase of apparatus to 



be used in a comparative study of the embryos 

 and young of various mammals in order to deter- 

 mine, by physiological experimentation and 

 morphological observations, the correlation be- 

 tween structure and function in the development 

 of the special senses. 



No. 188 to H. W. Norris, Grinuell College, $100, 

 for assistance in the analysis of the cranial nerves 

 of Coecilians (Herpele and Sermopliis). 



No. 189 to E. J. Werber, Woods Hole, $230, for 

 assistance in experimental studies aiming at the 

 control of defective and monstrous development: 

 (1) the effect of toxic products of metabolism on 

 the developing teleost egg; (2) the effect of ex- 

 perimentally produced diseases of parental metab- 

 olism on the offspring of mammals. 



No. 190 to H. S. Jennings, Johns Hopkins Uni- 

 versity, $200, for assistance in the study of evolu- 

 tion in a unicellular animal multiplying by fission: 

 heredity, variation, racial differentiation in Dif- 

 'flugia. 



No. 191 to P. W. Bridgman, Harvard Univer- 

 sity, $500, for mechanical assistance in an in- 

 vestigation of various effects of high hydrostatic 

 pressure, in particular the effect of pressure on 

 electrical resistance of metals (continuation). 



No. 192 to J. P. Iddings, Washington, D. C, 

 $1,000, for apparatus and assistance in the micro- 

 scopical and chemical investigation of igneous 

 rocks for the purpose of extending knowledge re- 

 garding petrographical provinces and their bear- 

 ings on the problem of isostasy. 



No. 193 to 0. A. Kofoid, University of Cali- 

 fornia, $500, for assistance in securing animals in 

 the Indian jungle and in their preparation for 

 iStudy in research on the intestinal protozoa. 



No. 194 to R. A. Daly, Harvard University, 

 $1,000, for the purchase of a thermograph of new 

 design for determining temperatures in the deep 

 ■sea. 



No. 195 to K. W. Hegner, University of Michi- 

 gan, $160, for assistance in the study of the his- 

 tory of the germ-cells, especially in hermaphrodite 

 animals in order to determine the visible changes 

 ■that take place in their differentiation and the 

 causes of these changes (continuation). 



The following information has been received 

 concerning earlier grants : 



No. 183. A report has been received from C. G. 

 Abbot, describing the successful operation of the 

 apparatus constructed with this grant. This closes 

 the record of this award. 



No. 184. Papers have been published by P. W. 

 Bridgman on work done with the aid of this grant 

 ■as follows: "Change of Phase under Pressure," 

 'Physical Meview, N. S., "VI., July and August, 

 1915. "Polymorphic Transformation of Solids 

 ■Under Pressure," Proceedings of the American 

 ■Academy of Arts and Sciences, II., September, 

 1915. This closes the record of this award. 



The treasurer of the academy states, under date 

 of April 7, 1916, that the Bache Fund has on hand 

 a cash income balance of $980.62, together with an 

 ■invested income of $2,575. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Edwin B. Frost, 



Chairman 



