566 PROCEEDINGS OF THE PHILADELPHIA MEETING 



Hotel Walton, and the President of the Society, John C. Branner, deliv- 

 ered an address entitled 



STONE REEFS ON THE NORTHEAST COAST OF BRAZIL 



The address is printed as pages 1-12 of this volume. 



Following the presidential address a social reunion was held in the 

 same room. 



Session of Friday, December 30. 



The Society met at 10 o'clock a m. President Branner in the chair. 

 The Council report was taken from the table and adopted without 

 debate. 



AUDITING COMMITTEE'S REPORT 



The Auditing Committee reported that all the accounts of the Treas- 

 urer had been found correct, and the report was adopted. 



Announcements relating to the program and administrative details 

 were made by the Secretary. 



An invitation was read from the Directors of the Zoological Society 

 of Philadelphia to visit the Zoological Garden, inclosing cards of ad- 

 mission. 



The scientific program was declared in order, and the first three papers 

 were presented by the same author, as follows : 



PRESENT CONDITION OF MONT PELE* 

 BY EDMUND OTIS HOVEY 



[Abstract] 



The condition of Mont Pele during the year 1904 was described as being one of 

 continued activity, with occasional comparatively heavy outbursts. The form of 

 the dome surmounting the volcano has suffered much change from time to time, 

 several large needles having at times formed the profile, sometimes with and some- 

 times without a predominating needle on the site of the great spine of 1902 and 

 1903. During September the main mass of the dome rose, while the altitude of the 

 extreme summit remained stationary through compensating losses from the top. 



Early in January the remains of the obelisk, or spine, of the spring of 1903, which 

 was destroyed in. the summer and fall of that year, were reported to be rising again 

 with reference to the other portions of the dome. In October, however, the dome 

 lost about 100 meters of its altitude, which is 40 meters more than the gains of the 

 preceding ten months. This loss was followed on October 10 by a loss of about 10 

 meters from the top of the terminal tooth of the dome. 



* December, 1904. 



