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PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



THE ST. LOUIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the St. Louis Academy of Science was 

 tield in their rooms in Washington University, January 3rd. President Dr. 

 •George Engelman in the chair. In his address the President congratulated the 

 members upon the continued success of their organization and upon their meet- 

 ing again, for the first time in twelve years, in their own hall, surrounded by their 

 ■own library and the germ of a museum. The Society first met in rooms in the 

 Medical College, on Seventh and Myrtle streets. This was the place of meeting 

 until the fire of 1869, in which a part of the college building and the museum 

 which the Academy had collected were destroyed. By courtesy of the Board of 

 Public Schools, rooms in the Polytechnic building were next occupied by the 

 Society. These, however, failed to supply the wants of the Academy, and an 

 offer of rooms from the Board of Trustees of Washington University was accept- 

 ed. These rooms have been occupied ever since by the society, which meets 

 the first and third Mondays in each month. The expense of fitting up the hall 

 was liquidated mainly by funds subscribed especially for that purpose. The Cor- 

 responding Secretary reported an increase in the number of exchanges, so that 

 they now amount to two hundred and sixty in foreign countries and one hundred 

 .and twenty-seven in the home list, ten of which are in the British provinces, mak- 

 ing in all three hundred and eighty seven, an increase of fifteen over last year. 

 Seven new corresponding members were added during the year. There were 

 nine associate members lost to the organization by death, removal and resignation. 

 Three members were dropped for non-payment of dues. During the year nine 

 new members were received. The membership now numbers ninety-nine. Ma- 

 terial for a new number of Transactions is now in the hands of the printer. So 

 far the Treasurer, Dr. Enno Sander, has met all demands which were made upon 

 him. He submitted the following as his report for the year: Expenses, $8353 

 collections, $738. Balance due treasurer, $97. 



The Corresponding Secretary, Judge N. Holmes, reported that ^the foreign 

 exchanges were effected principally through the Smithsonian Institution, but that 

 a few were obtained through private sources. He had received for sale^^and ex- 

 change eighty-one numbers of Transactions of the Academy and twenty copies of 

 Part I of the Archaeology of Missouri. He had disposed of twenty-four numbers 

 of the Transactions and four copies of the Archseology, and exchanged fifty-six 

 Transactions and fifteen archaeological numbers, and had on hand two copies of 

 the Transaction and one volume of archaeological reports. The account showed 



