Annual Meeting.] 528 [May i, 
Tlie Auditing Committee reported that the Treasurer's cash 
account was correct, that they had examined tlie vouchers in the 
Treasurer's hands, and that the securities in charge of the Trustees 
agreed with the ledger accounts. 
It was voted to accept and place on file the several reports. 
On opening the envelopes accompanjdng the Walker Pz'ize 
essays. Prof. E. W. Claypole was announced as the author of the 
paper on the Devonian formation of the Ohio Basin to whom the 
committee a^varded the first prize, and Prof. William Patten the 
author of Variations in development of Limulus polyphemus to 
whom the second prize was awarded. 
The Society proceeded to ballot for officers for 1895-96. 
Messrs. R. E. Dodge and G. H. Barton were appointed a com- 
mittee to collect and count the votes. They reported twenty-four 
ballots cast, a majority being for the candidates nominated. 
OFFICERS FOR 1895-96. 
The (*) indicates election at this meeting. 
PRKSIDEN'T, 
*WILLIAM li. NILES. 
TICE-PKESIDENTS, 
*NATIIANIEL S. SHALER. *\V1LLIAM G. FAULOW. 
*CHARLES P. BOWDITCII. 
CURATOR, 
*ALPHEUS HYATT. 
SECRETARY, 
*SAMUEL HENSHAW. 
TREASURER, 
*ED\VARD T. BOUVE. 
LIHRARIAN, 
*SAMUEL HENSHAW. 
COUXCILI.OHS FOR THREE YEARS, 
*Hermon C. BiTMi'us. *Au(a!STUs Lowell. 
*CnARLES B. Davenport. *Miss Susannah Minns. 
*WiLLiAM A. .Jeffries. *Tiiomas A. Watson. 
*Geor<;e G. Kennedy. *Samuel Wells. 
