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30 Report of the President. 



-North Atlantic Ocean : The Bermudas Mr. H. L. Bridgman. 



-The West Indies ; . . . . Mr. George Donaldson. 



-Jamaica and Porto Rico Mr. F. S. Dellenvaugh. 



-Hawaii : Our Pacific Paradise Mr. R. S. Dawson. 



-Porto Rico Miss Anne Rhodes. 



-Naval Gunnery in the Spanish-American War. .Lieut. G. L. Carden. 



-Life in the Philippines. .Mr. Fritze Andreae and Wm. H. Reeves, Jr. 



-Paris and Her Suburbs / A/r „ -& -m <.u 



r> ■ j tlt c 1, u r Mr. H. E. Northrop. 



-Pans and Her Suburbs ) r 



-La Belle France Mr. R. S. Dawson. 



-Holland Mr. W. E. Griffis. 



-Venice Mr. Jesse L. Hurlbut. 



-Finland Mr. H. Montague Bonner. 



-The Transvaal Dr. John C. Bowker. 



The New York Zoological Society. 

 Jan. 12. — The Zoological Parks of Europe and the New Zoological Park of 

 New York City Prof. Henry F. Osborn. 



The New York Botanical Garden. 

 Apr. 13.- — The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, England. 



Prof. Lucien M. Underwood. 



The Linn^an Society of New York City. 

 Jan. 19. — A Naturalist in Florida Mr. Frank M. Chapman. 



" 26. — A Naturalist in Labrador Dr. Robert T. Morris. 



Feb. 2. — A Naturalist on the Pacific Coast Dr. Bashford Dean. 



" 9. — A Naturalist in Wyoming Mr. Ernest Seton Thompson. 



" ' on \ Sixth Annual Reception of the New York Academy of Sciences. 



Mar. 23.— Second Annual Meeting of the Audubon Society of the State of New 

 York. 



Attendance at Lectures. 

 Teachers' Lectures (Saturday, A. m.) — January 21st to December 16th, 



1899 13,525 



Holiday Lectures — January 2d to December 25th, 1899 3,39 T 



Saturday Evening Lectures (Columbia University) — January 7th to 



December 30th, 1899 5-371 



Botanical Lecture — April 13th, 1899 420 



Linnaean Society Lectures — January 19th to February gth, 1899 2,658 



Membership Lectures — February 16th to December 28, 1899 4199 1 



New York Zoological Society Lecture — January 12th, 1899 4^° 



Board of Education Lectures — January 10th to December 12th, 1899. . 32,191 

 Saturday Afternoon Lectures (Curators' Course) — January 7th to March 



25th, 1899 3,042 



66,04c) 



Publications. — The publications of the Museum issued in the 

 past year greatly exceed those of 1898, and include the following: 

 Vol. XII of the Bulletin, consisting of pages i-xii, 1-342, with 14 

 plates and 102 text figures; Part II of Volume XI of the Bulle- 

 tin, pages 73-188 ; Parts IV and V of Volume I of the Memoirs, 

 pages 167-214, with plates xxi-xxviii, and 26 text figures; Parts 



