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ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
yet completed his membership. As the membership of the Academy a year 
ago was 45S, there has been a net loss of 24 during the year 1909. 
Announcement is made with regret of the loss bv death of the following 
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members: 
W. A. Anthony, 
Miss Matilda Bruce, 
John H. Caswell, 
E. H. Harriman, 
John S. Kennedy, 
T. W. Pearsall, 
H. H. Rogers, 
W. Wheeler Smith, 
Alfred R. Wolff, 
Active Member (4 years), 
Patron (2 years), 
Active Member (40 years), 
Active Member (5 years), 
Active Member (12 years), 
Active Member (2 years), 
Active Member (12 years), 
Active Member (3 years), 
Active Member (11 years). 
Respectfully submitted, 
Edmund Otis Hovey, 
Recording Secretary. 
REPORT OF THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 
We have lost by death during the past year the following Honorary Mem¬ 
bers : 
Professor Wolcott Gibbs, Elected in 1890, 
Dr. Kakichi Mitsukuri, Elected in 1908, 
Simon Newcomb, Elected in 1891, 
and the following Corresponding Members: 
Professor Samuel W. Johnson, Elected in 1S76, 
T. Mellard Reade, Elected in 1888. 
There are at present upon our rolls 46 Honorary Members and 140 Corre¬ 
sponding Members. 
Respect fu 1 ly submitted, 
IJermon Carey Bumpus, 
Corresponding Secretary. 
