Mae JOURNAL, 
NMA NYO AURAL STOR 
PROCHEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
TUESDAY EVENING, April 3, 18838. 
Dr. R. M. Byrnes, President, in the chair. Present, twenty members. 
Dr. E. T. Hurley, Leopold Burckhardt, Miss Nettie Fillmore, and Jacob 
S. Burnet, were elected regular members. 
The report of the Treasurer was received, read and referred to a com- 
mittee of audit, consisting of Prof. Geo. W. Harper, Prof. J. W. Hall, Jr., 
and Dr. A. E. Heighway, Sr. 
The report showed that the funds of the society were in good condition, 
and with a cash balance in the treasury of $1,063.01. The sum received from 
membership dues during the year was $488.00, a larger amount than during 
any previous year in the history of the society. The number of members 
enrolled is 104, an increase of six since the last report. 
Prof. J. W. Hall, Jr., curator of Mineralogy, reported that the collection 
of minerals is in good order, but needs cataloguing. There are about 2,000 
labeled specimens ; about 200 specimens have been added during the year. 
Prof. J. Mickleborough, curator of Paleontology, said the collection 
now catalogued reaches 1819 numbers; 100 species have been added during 
the year. He suggested that authors of new species published and figured in 
the JOURNAL, be requested to deposit type specimens when possible. 
Mr. EK. M. Cooper, curator of Conchology, reported additions to the collec- 
tion of 234 species of shells; of these, 59 were by donation, and 175 by ex- 
change. The card catalogue reaches 1643 numbers, representing 1500 
species, and probably 5000 specimens. This catalogue includes only Gas- 
teropoda, the Bivalves not being as yet arranged. 
Dr. O. D. Norton, curator of Botany, reported additions to the Herbarium 
of 1026 species, by purchase and exchange, almost all entirely new to the 
collection, which now numbers about 3,300 species Several valuable books 
have been received, among them a set of Darwin’s Works, and Grevyille’s 
Scottish Cryptogamic Flora. 
