RECORDS 105 



Council, eight business meetings, thirty sectional meetings, one 

 public lecture, and one public reception. At the sectional 

 meetings there have been seventy-four papers presented, which 

 may be classified as follows : 



Anthropology 4. Palaeontology 2. 



Astronomy 3. Physics 15. 



Botany 2. Physiography 2. 



Chemistry i. Physiology 2. 



Geology 15. Psychology 12. 



Mineralogy 4. Zoology 9. 

 Miscellaneous 3. 



There are at present a total of 321 Resident Members, and 

 96 Fellows. 



The Annual Reception and Exhibition was held in April at 

 the American Museum of Natural Histor)% and proved as usual 

 eminently successful. Owing, however, to financial stringency 

 on the part of the Academy it has been voted to recommend to 

 the succeeding Council that no Reception be held in the year 

 1 90 1. 



The accomplishments of the year leading to increased effi- 

 ciency in the Academy work are first, the establishment of a 

 series of publication rules that will make the future work of the 

 Editor, and the cost of publication, much less than formerly ; 

 secondly, the vote to establish a budget for the next fiscal year, 

 within the limits of which each officer will be required to work ; 

 thirdly, the hiring of the rooms of the Chemists' Club for the 

 meetings of the next year, at a greatly reduced rental, with ac- 

 commodations equal to those which we now enjoy ; and finally, 

 a vote to send the Annals and Memoirs only to those members 

 of the Academy signifying their desire to receive them. 



The publications of the academy have been unfortunately de- 

 layed during the last year, owing to no fault of the Editor ; but 

 the current volume will be very shortly completed and issued. 

 Owing to the expense of the current volume the amount of 

 publication possible by the Academy during the present year 

 will be seriously reduced, unless a publication fund can be 

 established. 



