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the removal of the meeting place to its present 

 building (12 West 31st Street) is a very pleasing 

 feature in the Academy's work. Almost with- 

 out exception the meetings of the various sec- 

 tions have been individually and as a whole 

 largely increased in attendance during the last 

 year and a-half. 



" The work of the Recording Secretary's oflSce 

 has been systematized and in many ways im- 

 proved during the last year, so that the neces- 

 sary and frequent details are managed more 

 efficiently and with less expenditure of energy 

 and time." 



The Treasurer reported cash on hand 

 $2239.11, with total assets of $15,059.11. 



The Librarian reported that the library con- 

 sisted in round numbers of about 9000 volumes, 

 of which hardly 5 per cent, are in separate 

 title. During the year the library has been 

 well housed in Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia 

 University, the card catalogue and shelf list 

 have beeu rearranged and the library in every 

 way has been made more workable and ser- 

 viceable. 



The Editor reported that Vol. XII. of the 

 Annals, now in press, of which one part has 

 already appeared, contains 14 papers, and 

 about 600 pages. He also reported the appear- 

 ance of Part I., Vol. II. of the Memoirs, devoted 

 to ' The So-Called Devonian Lamprey, Paleeo- 

 spondylus gunni,' by Dr. Bashford Dean. The 

 edition of the Annals has been increased from 

 1000 to 1250, and the exchange list has been 

 extensively revised. 



The following Honorary and Corresponding 

 Members were then elected, and nine resident 

 members were, ' because of their scientific at- 

 tainments and services,' made Fellows : 



Honorary Members. — Julius Hann, Ph.D., 

 University of Graz ; Edward Charles Picker- 

 ing, LL.D., Harvard University; Jules-Henri 

 Poincar6, F.R.S., Faculty of Sciences, Paris; 

 Henry Augustus Rowland, LL.D., Johns Hop- 

 kins University ; Edward Burnett Ty lor , D. C. L. , 

 LL.D., F.R.S., University of Oxford. 



Corresponding Members. — Albert De Lap- 

 parent, Ecole Libre de Hautes Etudes, Paris ; 

 William Henry Holmes, United States National 

 Museum, Washington, D. C. ; Kakichi Mitsu- 

 kuri, Ph.D., Imperial University of Tokyo, 



Japan; George Howard Parker, Ph.D., Har- 

 vard University, Charles Richard Van Hise, 

 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin ; Sho Watas6, 

 Ph.D., Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan. 



Fellows. — Dr. W. S. Day, Secretary Section 

 of Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry ; James 

 Douglas, President American Institute of Min- 

 ing Engineers; Jonathan Dwight, Jr., Ornithol- 

 ogist ; Dr. Marshall A. Howe, Curator Colum- 

 bia University Herbarium ; Professor Charles 

 H. Judd, Professor of Psychology, New York 

 University; Dr. E. G. Love, Entomologist; 

 Alfred W. Trotter, Mining Expert and Civil 

 Engineer ; Dr. Henry S. Washington, Petrog- 

 rapher ; Dr. Theodore G. White, Paleontolo- 

 gist. 



The list of officers given below was then 

 elected by ballot : 



President: Roberts. Woodward. 



First Vice-President : Charles A. Doremus. 



Second Vice-President : Franz Boas. 



Corresponding Secretary: William Stratford. 



Recording Secretary : Richard E. Dodge. 



Treasurer: Charles F. Cox. 



Librarian : Livingston Farrand. 



Councillors: Daniel W. Hering, Frederic S. Lee, 

 Harold Jacoby, M. I. Pupin, Edw. L. Thomdike, 

 L M. Underwood. 



Curators: Harrison G. Dyar, Alexis A. Julien, 

 George F. Kunz, Louis H. Laudy, E. G. Love. 



Finance CoinmiUee: Henry Dudley, John H. Hin- 

 ton, Cornelius Van Brunt. 



After a brief address by the President-El ect, 

 the retiring President delivered his presidential 

 address, entitled 'The Geological and Faunal 

 Relations of Europe during the Tertiary period, 

 and the Theory of the Successive Invasions of 

 the Ethiopian Fauna,' which will be printed in 

 this Journal. Richard E. Dodge, 



Recording Secretary. 



AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY. 



The first number has recently appeared of 

 the Transactions of the American Mathematical 

 Society, published quarterly by the Society with 

 the cooperation of Harvard University, Yale 

 University, Princeton University, Columbia 

 University, Haverford College, Northwestern 

 University, Cornell University, The University 

 of California, Bryn Mawr College, The Univer- 

 sity of Chicago ; edited by Eliakim Hastings- 



