1902.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 799 
Upon the invitation of the Senate of the University of Chris- 
tiana to send a delegate to the meeting held to honor the memory 
of Niels Henrik Abel on the 100th anniversary of his birth, Prof. 
Robert Collett, a Correspondent, was appointed as the Academy’s 
representative. 
In lieu of sending delegates an address was forwarded to be read 
at the jubilee meeting of Prof. Albert Gaudry, held in Paris, and 
letters of sympathy to be read at the Boston meeting memorial to 
Prof. Alpheus Hyatt, and at the funeral services of Prof. Lacaze 
Duthiers. 
The statistics of the correspondence for the fiscal year are given 
in the following table : 
Communications Received. 
Acknowledgments of the Academy’s publications, . . . 177 
Notices transmitting publications, 66 
Requests for exchanges and deficiencies, 10 
Invitations to participate in meetings, etc., 6 
Circulars concerning the administration of scientific institu- 
tions, research funds, etc., 4 
Notices of the deaths of scientific men, 5 
Photographs from correspondents, ......... 76 
Letters from correspondents, 48 
Miscellaneous letters, requests for information, etc., ... 12 
Total communications received from 158 institutions and 104 
individuals, 399 
Communications Forwarded. 
Acknowledgments of gifts to the Library, 667 
Acknowledgments of gifts to the Museum, 84 
Acknowledgments of photographs, 76 
Copies of Circular letter, 132 
Copies of Annual Reports, 173 
Notices of election and correspondent’s diplomas, .... 3 
Address, resolutions, letters of congratulation and condolence, 4 
Letiers to correspondents, 14 
Letters on miscellaneous topics, 21 
Total forwarded, . 1174 
Respectfully submitted, 
J. Percy Moore, 
Corresponding Secretary. 
