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There are at present upon the rolls 40 Honorary Members and 111 

 Corresponding Members. 



EespectfuUy submitted^ . , 



Heney E. Ceampton^ 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



EEPOET OF THE RECOEDING SECEETAEY 



During the year 1916 the Academy held 8 business meetings and 28 

 sectional meetings, at which 73 stated papers were presented, as follows : 



Section of Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry, 15 papers; Section of 

 Biology, 21 papers; Section of Geology and Mineralogy, 17 papers; Sec- 

 tion of Anthropology and Psychology, 20 papers. 



At the present time the membership of the Academy is 687, which 

 includes QQQ^ Active Members (of whom 23 are Associate Members, 132^ 

 Fellows, 108 Life Members and 11 Patrons) and 21 jSTon-Eesident Mem- 

 bers. There have been 6 deaths during the year, 13 resignations have 

 become effective and one name has been dropped from the roll. Two 

 names have been transferred to J^on-Eesident Membership. Two hun- 

 dred sixteen new members have been elected during the year and eleven 

 have commuted their annual dues by a single payment of $100 each. 

 One name has been transferred to the Life Membership list on account 

 of the payment of Annual Dues for a period of twenty-five years. One 

 Associate Member has taken up Active Membership. As the member- 

 ship of the Academy a year ago was 491, there has been a net gain of 196 

 during the year of 1916. Eecord is made with regret of the loss by 

 death of the following Active Members : 



James 0. Cannon, Active Member since 1910, 

 Gr. Langman, Active Member since 1899, 

 Hon. Seth Low, Active Member since 1876, 

 F. J. H. Merrill, Active Member since 1886, 

 JSTathaniel C Kash, Active Member since 1910, 

 Ignaz Matausch, Active Member since 1914. 

 EespectfuUy submitted, 



Heney E. Ceampton, 

 Acting Recording Secretary. 



1 Including 22 members elect and one Associate made Active to begin 1917. 



2 To this number must be added tbe eleven Fellows elected at the Annual Meeting, 18 

 December, 1916. 



