104 RECORDS 



Corresponding Secretary, Harold Jacoby. 



Recording Secretary, Richard E. Dodge. 



Treasurer, Charles F. Cox. 



Librarian, Livingston Farrand. 



Councillors : Franz Boas, Charles H. Judd, Charles A. Dore- 

 mus, M. L Pupin, Frederic S. Lee, L. M. Underwood. 



Curators : Harrison G. Dyar, George F. Kunz, Alexis A. 

 Julien, Louis H. Laudy, E. G. Love. 



Finance Committee : John H. Hinton, C. A. Post, Cornelius 

 Van Brunt. 



The President then delivered his Annual Address entitled^ 

 " Observation and Experiment." 



At the close of the address a vote of thanks to the President 

 was moved by ex-president Osborn, and carried. 



Adjourned. Richard E. Dodge, 



Recording Secretary. . 



REPORT OF THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 



The number of honorary members now on the Academy lists 

 is forty-one ; corresponding members, two hundred and six. 



There have been five losses by death in the last year, namely 

 Professors Richard Ackerman, Silas Newcomb, Hugo Geinitz^ 

 P. S. Michie and Sir Joseph Hooker. 



Respectfully submitted, 



William Stratford, 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



REPORT OF RECORDING SECRETARY. 



During the last Academy year the business of the Academy 

 has progressed in the customary paths. The several sections 

 have held their usual meetings, with ordinarily the same attend- 

 ance as in former years. The Councils have held the meetings 

 prescribed by the By-Laws, and have accomplished several im- 

 portant objects. On the whole, however, the year cannot be 

 called a year of progress. 



During the last year there have been eight meetings of the 



