REPORT OF THE ANNUAL MEETING 
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The President of the National Academy of Sciences. 
Sir: I have the honor to present the following report on the publications and memberships 
of the National Academy of Sciences for the year ending April 19, 1916. 
The Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, volume 12, part 2, entitled, "Varia- 
tions and Ecological Distribution of the Snails of the Genus lo," by Charles C. Adams, has 
been pubHshed and distributed, as has also the memoir forming volume 12, being, "A Cata- 
logue of the Meteorites of North America," by Oliver C. Farrington. Volume 14, memoir 1, 
entitled, "Report on Researches on the Chemical and Mineralogical Composition of Meteor- 
ites, with Especial Reference to Their Minor Constituents," by George Perkins Merrill, is 
going through the press and the final proof has been passed. It awaits casting and print- 
ing before it is published. 
The biographical memoirs of John W. Powell, Miers Fisher Longstreth, Charles Anthony 
Schott, Peter Lesley, Henry Morton, and Alfred Marshall Mayer have been published, and 
that of George William Hill, by Ernest W. Brown, has also been published but not distributed. 
Four members have died since the last Annual Meeting: John Ulric Nef, on August 13, 
1915, elected in 1904; Frederick W. Putnam, on August 18, 1915, elected in 1885; Arthur W. 
Wright, on December 19, 1915, elected in 1881; and Eugene W. Hilgard, on January 8, 
1916, elected in 1872. 
One foreign associate, Paul EhrKch, died on August 20, 1915. 
There are 139 active members on the membership list, 1 honorary member, and 38 foreign 
associates. 
Respectfully submitted, Arthur L. Day, Home Secretary. 
The report of the Foreign Secretary was presented as follows: 
I have the honor to report on the work of the foreign secretary for the year ending April 
19, 1916. 
An attempt has been made, through correspondence with various academies and societies 
belonging to the International Association of Academies, to secure a partial continuance of 
some portions of the Association's work through the period of the war. Although internation- 
al meetings are obviously not feasible, it was hoped that a temporary transfer of the functions 
of the leading academy from Berlin to Amsterdam, as suggested by the former body, might 
serve a useful purpose. Unfortunately, however, certain difficulties of an insuperable 
nature prevented the proposed transfer, and no further steps can be taken at present. 
It was suggested to the Amsterdam Academy by the foreign secretary, also acting in the 
capacity of secretary of a joint committee of the National Academy and the American Asso- 
ciation for the Advancement of Science, that the Accademia dei Lincei be requested to use 
its good offices to secure the continuation of the work of the Zoological Station at Naples. A 
favorable reply was received from the President of the Lincei; but the participation of Italy 
in the war has prevented Dr. Dohrn from retaining the direction of the Station, which is now 
under an Italian administration. 
At the request of the president of the Amsterdam Academy, who is also permanent secre- 
tary of the International Geodetic Association, the Secretary of State was asked by the Acad- 
emy to use his influence to secure the continued participation of the United States in the work 
of the Association, and the maintenance of the international latitude station at the Ukiah, 
California. Through the action of the Secretary of State, and the interest of members of 
Congress, the necessary appropriations have been provided. 
George E. Hale, Foreign Secretary. 
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES ON TRUST FUNDS 
A report was received from the directors of the Bache Fund, stating that 
Ira Remsen resigned as Director of the Fund at the annual meeting, 1915, and 
