632 RECORD OF MEETINGS OF THE 



Jochelson, entitled, "Grammar of the Yukaghir Language;" 

 by Maurice Fishberg, "Materials for the Physical Anthropology 

 of the Eastern European Jews;" and the records of the meetings 

 of the Academy for the year 1904. This part was issued in 

 August and contained 290 pages, one plate, and thirteen text 

 figures. 



Total number of pages of the Annals issued during the year 

 was thus 387. 



Memoirs. — Vol. II, Part 4, consisting of an elaborate research 

 paper by W. E. Kellicott entitled, "The Development of the 

 Vascular and Respiratory Systems of Ceratodus." This con- 

 sisted of 114 pages, five plates, two of which were printed in 

 colors, and 106 text figures. A portion of the expense of print- 

 ing this Memoir was borne by the Audubon Fund. 



Annals. — Vol. XVI, Part 3, is now in press and should be 

 issued soon after the beginning of the year. 



Charles Lane Poor, 



Editor. 



THE ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT. 



The Problem of the Metalliferous Veins. 



By James Furman Kemp. 



The rush of the gold-seekers to California in 1849 and the 

 quickly following one to Australia in 185 1 were notable migra- 

 tions in search of the yellow metal, but they were not the first 

 in the history of our race. There is, indeed, no reason to sup- 

 pose that, in the past, mining excitements were limited even 

 to the historical period; on the contrary the legends of the 

 golden fleece and of the golden apples of the Hesperides prob- 

 ably describe in poetic garb two of the early expeditions, and 

 long before either, we can well imagine primitive man hurrying 

 to new diggings in order to enlarge his scanty stock of metals. 

 Among the influences which have led to the exploration and 

 settlement of new lands, the desire to find and acquire gold and 

 silver has been one of the most important, and as a means of 

 introducing thousands of vigorous settlers, of their own volition, 

 into uninhabited or uncivilized regions there is no agent which 



