1903.] 
NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 
805 
A marked increase in Ihc interest manifested by its Correspondents in 
the affairs of the Academy has been evident. Twenty-six photographs 
and twenty-three biographical sketches of living Correspondents were 
received during the year, but a number have still failed to contribute 
to this record. Copies of the Annual Reports were sent to 243 Corre- 
spondents, some of whom, in returning acknowledgments, took occa- 
sion to congratulate the Academy on its work. 
Letters of felicitation were forwarded to the Roumanian Geographi- 
cal Society upon the receipt of a medal commemorating the twenty- 
fifth anniversary of its founding, and to the Silesian Society for National 
Culture upon the completion of the first century of its existence. To 
the Entomological Society of Belgium a letter of sympathy was sent 
upon the announcement of the death of its President, Pierre-Jules 
Tosquinet. Other correspondence with foreign societies was chiefly 
of a routine nature. 
F ollowing is a summary of the correspondence for the fiscal year : 
Communications Received. 
Acknowledging the Academy’s publications, 198 
Transmitting publications, 48 
Requesting exchanges and the supply of deficiencies, 5 
Invitations to participate in meetings, etc., 3 
Circulars concerning the administration of scientific institutions, research 
funds, etc., 7 
Notice of death of scientific man, 1 
Photographs of Correspondents, 26 
Letters from Correspondents, 32 
Miscellaneous letters, 47 
Total received, 367 
Communications F orivarded. 
Acknowledgments of gifts to the Library, 743 
Acknowledgments of gifts to the Museum, 113 
Acknowledgments of photographs, 26 
Requests for the supply of deficiencies, 69 
Copies of Annual Reports, 243 
Correspondents’ diplomas and notices of election, 11 
Letters of congratulation and sympathy, 3 
Letters to Correspondents, 115 
Miscellaneous letters, 67 
Total forwarded, 1,390 
Respectfully submitted, 
J. Percy Moore, 
Corresponding Secretari/. 
