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MEMBERSHIP. 

 The total membership at the beginning of the fiscal year 1901- 



1902 was 134 



The total membership at present is 216 



Number of admissions to membership during year 78 



Withdrawals 22 



Deaths 4 



NECROLOGY. 



Prof C. Sjolander. Dr. Edward W. Claypole. 

 Samuel. M. Parsons. M. J. S. Parker. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



Commencing January. 1902, the Southern California Academy of 

 Sciences has issued monthly a "Bulletin" of its Proceedings and Trans- 

 actions. From its commencement this undertaking has proved an im- 

 portant factor in the advancement of the interests and purposes of the 

 Academy. It has been the means of placing the Academy on the ex- 

 change list of nearly all the leading scientific institutions in this country. 

 The total number of scientific publications received in this way since 

 the first issue of the "Bulletin" was published amounts to 93. 



It has been the purpose of the Committee on Publication to devote the 

 "Bulletin" to the 



Publication of Articles based on original Scientific Research. 



Publication of the Transactions and the Minutes of the Academy, 



and its Various Sections. 



Announcement of Publications received, and to 



Scientific Notes of General Interest to the Members of the Academy. 



That the "Bulletin" has been favorably received by other Scientific in- 

 stitutions is shown by the increasing demand for the five numbers so 

 far published. 



I append herewith a list of monographs based on original scientific 

 investigation which have appeared in the "Bulletin" : 



A New Zauschneria Dr. Anstruther Davidson. 



Aster Greatai Prof. S. B. Parish. 



November Leonids of 1901 Prof. F. P. Brackett. 



The New Erigeron Edward L. Greene. 



The New Spectrograph of the Lowe 



Observatory Pof. Edgar L. Larkin. 



Scrophularia Glabrata Dr. Anstruther Davidson. 



The Germs Dirina in North America Dr. H. E. Hasse. 



Silvery Footless Lizard or Snake Prof. J. J. Rivers. 



A New Plant Louse from Southern California, T. D. A. Cockerel. 



Discovery of Another Food Plant of Uranotes 

 Melinus Prof. J. J. Rivers. 



A Monograph on Pecten Aequisulcatus. 

 Cpr Mrs. M. Burton Williamson. 



In every way the Southern California Academy of Sciences is in a 

 presperous condition. It is entering now on its twelfth year of useful 

 activity with everv prospect of continued success. While it has but a 

 small balance to show in the bank, it has no indebtedness of any kind. 

 Its membership is gradually increasing. Its library is growing rapidly. 

 The general scientific activity among its members is unfaihng and en- 

 couraging. On its membership roll may be found the names of many 

 whose contributions to science are known far and wide. 



Respectfully submitted, B. R. Baumgardt, Secretary. 



