F»ROCEEDINQS 



OF THE 



CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Fourth Series 



Vol. IV, pp. 1-13 April 9, 1914 



I. 



REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY 

 FOR THE YEAR 1913. 



MEMBERSHIP 



The Academy now has a membership of 491. Of these 

 375 are Resident Members, 84 are Life Members, and 32 

 are Honorary Members. 



During the year, 144 new members were elected and quali- 

 fied. By resignation the Academy lost 11 members, and by 

 death the following eight : 



R. M. Brereton, Woodstock, 



Oregon Life Member 



Hon. John P. Jones Life Member 



Henry C. Schaertzer, San 



Francisco Resident Member 



Herbert Brown, Tucson, Ari- j 



zona Resident Member 



Andrew B. McCreery Life Member 



Dr. Wm. McMichael Wood- 

 worth, Cambridge, Mass. Life Member 



Col. A. G. Hawes, San Fran- 

 cisco Life Member 



Gen. L. H. Foote, San Fran- 

 cisco Life Member, and for many 



years an officer of the Academy 



QUARTERS AND MEETINGS 



The Academy is still housed in temporary quarters at 343 

 Sansome Street. It has held regular bimonthly meetings, and 

 a good attendance at these meetings may be accepted as evi- 



April 8, 1914 



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