REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY. 
Report of the Secretary,, December 28, 1904. 
The proceedings of the meeting for 1903 have been publish¬ 
ed in Part 2 of Volume XIV of the Transactions of the Acad¬ 
emy. At the end of this volume is also published a roster of 
members whose names were on the books of the Academy 
March 1, 1904. This roster contains 258 names, as follows: 
Honorary 'members .. 6 
Life members. . .. 12 
Active members . .. ... 196 
Corresponding members . .,. 44 
Of the 196 persons named as active members, some five or 
six have since been dropped for non-payment of dues, leaving 
the present active membership about 190. The treasurer will 
give a more detailed report regarding the membership of the 
Academy. 
The publication of Part 2 of Volume XIV of the Transac¬ 
tions of the Academy has already been noted. This part contains 
thirteen articles by as many authors and is illustrated by 22 
plates. Besides the thirteen articles noted, the part contains 
addresses in memory of the following deceased members:— 
Charles Kendall Adams, George McKendree Steele, John But¬ 
ler Johnson, Samuel Dexter Hastings, Hamilton Greenwood 
Timberlake, Prederick Pabst and John I. Jegi. 
It is a matter of great satisfaction to the secretary to be 
able to report the continuance of the liberal policy of the 
state printing commissioners in the matter of illustrations for 
papers published in the Transactions. Hot only have they al¬ 
lowed the Academy to select the engraver to do their work, but 
