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absent list; 1 member has been transferred from the absent to 
the active list and 6 new members have been elected. To the 
net loss of 9 to the active list during the year should be added 
2 not previously accounted for, making a total reduction of 11 
and bringing the number of active members on December 8, 
1893, down to 177. 
The deaths have been: 
Thomas Antisell. William Lee. 
Thornton Alexander Jenkins. Reuben Delavan Mussey. 
The new members: 
Cyrus Adler. Timothy William Stanton. 
Louis Albert Fischer. Horace Greeley Van Everen. 
Frank Lawton Olcott Wadsworth. 
The absent list on December 8, 1893, numbered 66. 
Besides the annual meeting and the dinner to commemorate 
the 400th meeting, there were 14 meetings for the presentation 
and discussion of scientific papers, at which the average attend¬ 
ance was 33; the attendance at the annual meeting was 24 and 
at the dinner 89. At these meetings 29 communications were 
presented by 25 members, and 34 members participated in the 
discussions. 
The General Committee has held 15 regular meetings, with an 
average attendance of 12 members, the minimum attendance 
being 7 and the maximum 16. 
The Mathematical Section has held no meetings during the 
year. 
The stock of the Society’s publications is now stored at the 
Smithsonian Institution, through the courtesy of the Secretary 
of the Institution, and is systematically arranged and accounted 
for. The regular edition of 500 copies each of 9 separates of 
volume 12 have been received and copies have been supplied to 
all members entitled to them. 
From the sale of publications $12.95 have been received and 
turned over to the Treasurer. 
The Secretaries’ correspondence files and files of reports for 
the past five years have been rearranged for convenient refer¬ 
ence. 
J. S. Diller, 
W. C. Winlock, 
Secretaries. 
