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REPORT OF THE ANNUAL MEETING Proc. N. A. S. 
$200 to Major William Bowie, Chief of the Division of Geodesy, U. S. Coast and 
Geodetic Survey, in temporary support of the International Latitude Observatory at 
Ukiah, California, to assist in meeting an emergency due to the failure of the Observa- 
tory's regular source of funds. 
The cash balance of the Draper Fund on March 31, 1920, was $1,065.04. 
Additional income to the amount of $917.50 is invested in bonds. 
The follov^^ing communications, presented by the Foreign Secretary, 
were referred to committees for further report: 
1. A communication from the Academic des Sciences, Paris, signed by the President 
and the Perpetual Secretaries, requesting that the National Academy of Sciences 
use its influence to secure the adoption of the metric system of weights and measures in 
America. 
2. A communication from Vienna, signed by the Actuary and other employees of 
the Akademie der Wissenschaften, requesting aid for themselves and their families 
in the way of food drafts, to relieve the situation now existent in Vienna because of 
the shortage of food. 
3. A communication from the Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fiir Meteorologie, re- 
questing funds for the support of its official publication, the "Zeitschrift fiir Meteor- 
ologie," and for the continuance of the work of its meteorological observatory. The 
total amount needed is 10,000 francs, or about $1,930.00. 
Elections. — Arthur L. Day and T. H. Morgan were elected members 
of the CouNCiiv to succeed H. G. Conklin and A. A. Noyes. 
The following were elected to membership in the Academy : 
James Rowi^and AngeIvL, Chairman of the National Research Council. 
Henry Prentiss Armsby, State College, Pennsylvania. 
Wilder Dwight Bancroft, Cornell University. 
Hans Frederik Blicheeldt, Leland Stanford Jr. University. 
Anton Jueius Carlson, University of Chicago. 
William Duane, Harvard University. 
Lewis Ralph Jones, University of Wisconsin. 
Elmer Peter KohlER, Harvard University. 
Charles Kenneth LEith, University of Wisconsin. 
Clarence Brwin McClung, University of Pennsylvania. 
Elmer VernER McCollum, Johns Hopkins University. 
Harris Joseph Ryan, Leland Stanford Jr. University. 
Joel Stebbins, University of Illinois. 
Bailey Willis, Leland Stanford Jr. University. 
The following foreign associates were elected: 
Frank Dawson Adams, President of McGill University. 
Marie Ennemond CamillE Jordan, College of France. 
Francois Antoine Alfred Lacroix, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 
HeikE Kamerlingh Onnes, University, of Ley den. 
Sir David Prain, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey. 
Santiago Ramon y Cajal, University of Madrid. 
Previous to adjournment, the following motion was adopted: That 
the Home Secretary be requested to transmit the thanks of the Academy 
