452 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Calcutta, India, lectured upon ^Tlant Autographs and their Eevelations.'' 

 The second was held on 22 March, under the auspices of the Section of 

 Anthropology and Psychology, when Professor Kaymond Dodge delivered 

 a lecture, entitled "Incidence of the Effect of Moderate Doses of Alcohol 

 on the Nervous System/' The third, under the auspices of the Section 

 of Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry, was delivered on 26 April, and 

 consisted of a lecture by Dr. Arthur L. Day upon "The Volcano Kilauea 

 in Action/' 



At the present time the membership of the Academy is 491, which 

 includes 472^ Active Members (of whom 22 are Associate Members, 125^ 

 Fellows, 99 Life Members and 11 Patrons) and 19 ISTon-resident Mem- 

 bers. There have been 11 deaths during the year, 17 resignations have 

 become effective and eight names have been dropped from the roll. 

 Twenty-nine new members have been elected during the year and one 

 former member has been restored to Active Membership and seven 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 

 twenty-five years' payment of annual dues. One Associate Member has 

 taken up Active Membership and one Active Member has been temporarily 

 transferred to Associate Membership. As the membership of the Acad- 

 emy a year ago was 497, there has been a net loss of six during the year 

 1915. Becord is made with regret of the loss by death of the following 

 Active and Associate Members : 



Mrs. P. H. Barhydt, Active Member since 1907, 

 E. A. Canfield, Active Member since 1905, 

 Miss Grace H. Dodge, Active Member since 1907, 

 Mrs. M. A. P. Draper, Active Member since 1898, 

 James C. Fargo, Active Member since 1878, 

 Thomas Hubbard, Active Member since 1905, 

 Frank Hustace, Active Member since 1907, 

 John E. Parsons, Active Member since 1896, 

 Albert Plant, Active Member since 1910, 

 Samuel Thorne, Active Member since 1899, 

 Charles T. Wills, Active Member since 1897. 



Eespectfully submitted, 



Henry E. Crampton, 



Acting Recording Secretary. 



^ Including one member elect who has not yet paid his first annual dues. 

 2 To this number must be added the seven Fellows elected at the Annual Meeting, 20 

 December. 1915, 



