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EEPOET OF THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 



We have lost by death during the past year the following Honorary 

 Members : 



Sir George H. Darwin, elected 1899. 

 Sir Joseph D. Hooker, elected 1907. 

 Franz Leydig, elected 1900. 

 M. Jules H. Poincare, elected 1900. 

 Eduard Strasburger, elected 1908. 

 Prof. Ferdinand Zirkel, elected 1901. 



and the following Corresponding Members: 



Paul Schweitzer, elected 1867. 

 George Jarvis Brush, elected 1876. 



There are at present upon our rolls 41 Honorary Members and 125 

 Corresponding Members. 



Respectfully submitted, 



, Henry E. Crampton, 



Corresponding Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE RECORDING- SECRETARY. 



During the year 1912, the Academy held 8 business meetings and 26 

 sectional meetings, at which 65 'stated papers were presented as follows : 



Section of Geology and Mineralogy, 24 papers ; Section of Biology, 16 

 papers ; Section of Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry, 6 papers ; Section 

 of Anthropology and Psychology, 19 papers. 



Seven public lectures have been given at the American Museum to 

 the members of the Academy and the Affiliated Societies and their 

 friends, as follows : 



"The Planet Mars." By Edward E. Barnard. 



"Astronomy, Education and Culture." By F. S. Archenhold. 



"Geology and Mineral Resources of Alaska." By Alfred H. Brooks. 



"Sanitation of the Panama Canal." By James F. B. Bowles. 



"Results of the Suture of Blood Vessels and the Transplantation of 

 Organs." By Alexis Carrel. 



"The Seismograph and What it Teaches." By Harry Fielding Reid. 



"Experimental Evolution." By Hugo de Vries. 



At the present time, the membership of the Academy is 488, which 

 includes 468 Active Members, 22 of whom are Associate Members, 86 



