are provided, and the advisability of procuring these at an early 
date cannot be too earnestly urged. 
At the annual meeting of the Section, held December 16th, 1895, 
the following officers were elected : — 
Director, 
Vice-Director, 
Recorder, 
Secretary, 
Treasurer and Conservator, 
Dr. Spencer Trotter. 
George S. Morris. 
Stewardson Brown. 
William A. Shryock. 
Witmer Stone. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Witmer Stone, 
Conservator. 
REPORT OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SECTION. 
The Anthropological Section of the Academy, the formation of 
which was authorized by votes of the Academy on April 23d and 
30th, 1895, was organized on the evening of April 30th, Dr. Harrison 
Allen being chosen as Chairman, Charles Morris as Secretary and 
Treasurer. It has held meetings in May, October, November and 
December, and has received special communications from Mr. John 
Ford on Indian grave mounds, from Drs. Mills, Ball and others 
on brain and skull degeneration, and from Dr. Sharp on the 
Ethnology of Alaska and Siberia. Twenty-eight members have 
joined the Section. A meeting for organization was held in Decem¬ 
ber, at which the following officers were elected:— 
Director, ...... Harrison Allen, M.D. 
Vice-Director, ..... Dr. C. N. Peirce. 
Recorder, ...... Charles Morris. 
Secretary and Conservator, . . M. V. Ball. 
Charles Morris, 
Recorder. 
REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF INVERTEBRATE 
PALEONTOLOGY. 
The Professor of Invertebrate Paleontology respectfully reports 
that the condition of the collections that were under his charge until 
