360 RECORDS. 



Dr. Townsend, director of the New York Aquarium, called 

 attention to some of the animals recently added to the collec- 

 tions in their charge. 



Maurice A. Bigelow, 



Secretary. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



December 19, 1904. 



The annual meeting of the New York Academy of Sciences 

 was held on December 19, at the Hotel Endicott, at 7:30 P. M. 

 Professor Edmund B. Wilson presided. A formal session was 

 first held, for the transaction of the regular business of the 

 Academy, and this was followed by a dinner at which sixty-six 

 members and their friends were present. 



The appended reports of the Corresponding Secretary, Record- 

 ing Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian and Editor were presented, 

 and by vote placed on file. The report of the Treasurer was 

 formally referred to the Finance Committee for audit. 



The Academy then proceeded to elect officers for the year 

 1905, tellers being appointed, official ballots prepared by the 

 Council according to the provisions of the by-laws, being dis- 

 tributed, and the votes counted. The following officers were 

 declared elected : 



President — James F. Kemp. 



Vice-Presidents : Section of Geology and Mineralogy, Edmund 

 O. Hovey. 



Section of Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry, Ernest R. von 

 Nardroff. 



Section of Biology, W. M. Wheeler. 



Section of Anthropology and Psychology, F. J. E. Wood- 

 bridge. 



Corresponding Secretary — Richard E. Dodge. 



Recording Secretary — Hermon C. Bumpus. 



Treasurer — Charles F. Cox. 



Librarian — Ralph W. Tower. 



Editor — Chas. Lane Poor. 



Councilors (to serve three years) — P^merson McMillin, F. 

 H. Wiggin. 



