Annual Meeting.] 16 [May 3, 



It is much to be desired that the Society could afford to publish 

 a general index to the twenty volumes of Proceedings now com- 

 pleted. 



New exchanges have been arranged with the American Insti- 

 tute of Mining Engineers, the Second Geological Survey of 

 Pennsylvania, the Torrey Botanical Club, and the editors of the 

 Botanischer Centralblatt and the Naturalista Siciliano. 



Walker Prizes. 



The prize subject for the year " The occurrence, microscopic 

 structure, and use of North American fibre plants, treating 

 especially of the fibres employed by the native races," has brought 

 forward no essay. 



The subject already announced for 1883 is " Original unpublished 

 investigations concerning the life-history of any animal." 



The Treasurer, Mr. Charles W. Scudder, presented his annual 

 report on receipts and expenditures, given upon the opposite page ; 

 and the auditing committee, Messrs. Richard C. Greenleaf and John 

 Cummings, reported that they had examined the same and found 

 them correct and with proper vouchers. They further reported 

 that they had examined and verified the evidences of property 

 belonging to the Society, held by the Treasurer and by the 

 Trustees of the Walker Fund. 



