840 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Dec., 
Academy), and 353 pages illustrated by 60 plates of the Manual of 
Conchology have been published. 
The issues of the Proceedings and Journal have been distributed as 
follows : 
Proceedings, delivered to members, 498 
“ exchanged, 560 
“ to subscribers, 40 
1,098 
Journal, exchanged, 72 
“ to subscribers, 34 
106 
The decrease in the number of copies of the Proceedings sent out is 
due to a careful revision of the Exchange List, those societies being 
dropped, after due notification, from whom it is unlikely that a return 
will be received. 
Sixteen members and two correspondents have been elected. The 
deaths of sixteen members and four correspondents have been an- 
nounced. The following have resigned their membership: William J. 
Scott, Norris J. Scott, H. B. Gross, O. S. Paxson, William D. Joyce, 
William R. Reineck, C. M. Thomas and H. H. Furness. 
In consequence of a decrease in the membership of the Conchological 
Section it ceased to exist in March, and the publication of the Manual 
of Conchology , the property of the Section since the death of the first 
editor, Mr. George W. Tryon, Jr., has been assumed by the Academy. 
The work will be continued under the direction of Henry A. 
Pilsbry, Sc. I). Mr. S. Raymond Roberts, formerly Treasurer of the 
Conchological Section, has kindly consented to retain the financial 
administration of the Manual, and has reported on the receipts and 
expenditures since the dissolution of the Section. 
Dr. Charles B. Penrose was elected a member of the Council to fill 
the vacancy caused by the absence of Mr. Charles H. Cramp. 
The resignation of Mr. Harold Wingate from the Committee on 
Accounts, because of removal from the city, was accepted. 
The meetings of a number of related societies continue to be held 
in the rooms of the Academy. 
I desire to acknowledge my obligation to Mr. William J. Fox for 
most efficient assistance in the preparation and distribution of the 
publications and in other matters connected with my office. 
Edward J. Nolan, 
Recording Secretary. 
