458 RECORDS 



REPORT OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY. 

 February 26, 1900. 



The last Academy year has been one of progress, but has 

 not been marked by any striking events that make it noteworthy. 

 The attendance at the meetings has continued pleasing, and in 

 every way the work of the Academy has continued along the 

 lines previously adopted. 



During the last year there have been seven meetings of the 

 Council, six Business meetings, thirty Sectional meetings, four 

 Public Lectures, and one Public Reception. At the Sectional 

 meetings and Lectures there have been presented a total of 

 eighty-two papers, which may be classified as follows : 



Anthropology 7. Palaeontology 6. 



Archaeology 3. Petrography 5. 



Astronomy 5. Philology 4. 



Botany 2. Physics 8. 



Electricity i. Physiography i. 



Descriptive Geology 5. Physiology i. 



Economic Geology 3. Psychology 9. 



Mechanics 2. Unclassified i. 



Mineralogy 3. Zoology 15. 

 Ornithology i. 



There are at present a total of 333 members, and there have 

 been elected during the last year 16, of whom 7 have not yet 

 qualified. There have unfortunately been 1 3 resignations. It 

 is with regret, also, that the Academy records the death of 

 seven Honorary Members. 



There are pending for consideration this evening five nomi- 

 nations for Honorary Members, six for Corresponding Mem- 

 bers, and nine for Fellows. 



The Annual Reception and Exhibition was held in April, in 

 the American Museum of Natural History, and like its prede- 

 cessors, was extremely successful. For the first time since the 

 Reception has been held in the American Museum it was pos- 



