institutions of the Old World and the New. It also carries on a scientific correspondence extending to all parts of the world. It directs the work of the Bureau of Ethnology of the National Museum, of the National Zoological Park, and of the Astrophysical Observatory. It receives also the annual reports of the secretary of the American Historical Association.

The funds of the Institution are deposited permanently in the Treasury of the United States and draw 6 per cent interest. In 1891 it received a bequest of $200,000 from Thomas G. Hodgkins, of New York, one-half of which was to be devoted to the investigation and spread of knowledge concerning all the phenomena of atmospheric air. Its total funds now amount to about $1,000,000.

STATE.

ALABAMA INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY.

UNIVERSITY, ALA.

Organized at the University of Alabama, at Tuscaloosa, December 11, 1890. Objects. The promotion of scientific examination and the discussion of various questions of interest to the material progress of the State.

First officers.-President, Cornelius Cadle, Blocton; vice-presidents, Thomas Seddon, Birmingham; W. E. Robertson, Anniston; C. P. Williamson, Birmingham; M. C. Wilson, Florence; J. W. Burke, Jacksonville; Horace Harding, Tuscaloosa; secretary, William B. Phillips, University; treasurer, Henry McCalley, University.

Officers, 1895.-President, William B. Phillips, Birmingham; vice-presidents, T. H. Aldrich, Birmingham; L. C. Harrison, Warrior; F. M. Jackson, Brookwood; George B. McCormack, Pratt City; Ernst Prochaska, Birmingham; secretary, Eugene A. Smith, University; treasurer, Henry McCalley, University.

PUBLICATIONS.

Proceedings, annual, 12mo, averaging about 75 pages, with plates and figures. The second part of Vol. IV is now in press.

SOCIETY OF ALASKAN NATURAL HISTORY AND ETHNOLOGY.

SITKA, ALASKA.

Organized October 24, 1887; incorporated April 11, 1888.

Object.-To collect and preserve, in connection with the Sitka Industrial Training School, specimens illustrative of the natural history and ethnology of Alaska, and the publications relating thereto; also to form a museum of Alaskan natural history and ethnology and a consulting library for the Territory.

Founder. Rev. Sheldon Jackson, D. D.

First officers.-President, William Millmore; secretary and ex officio treasurer, Ida M. Rodgers. Officers, 1894.-President, John G. Brady; secretary and ex officio treasurer, Cassia Patton.

PUBLICATIONS.

Bulletin, of which three have been issued.

CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

Organized April 4, 1853; incorporated

Object.-The advancement of science.

Founders.-Henry Gibbons, M. D.; Albert Kellogg, M. D.; T. J. Nevins, Andrew Randall, M. D.; Lewis W. Sloat, John B. Trask, M. D.

Officers, 1895.-President, H. W. Harkness; first vice-president, H. H. Behr; second vice-president, J. G. Cooper; corresponding secretary, George A. Moore; recording secretary, Gulian P. Rixford; treasurer, L. H. Foote; librarian, Carlos Troyer; director of museum, J. Z. Davis; trustees, W. C. Burnett, Charles F. Crocker, D, E. Hayes, E. J. Molera, George C. Perkins, W. S. Chapman, John Taylor.

PUBLICATIONS.

Proceedings, first series, Vols. I-VII. 8vo.

-, second series, Vols. I-IV +. 8vo.

Bulletin, Vols. I-II. 8vo.

Occasional Papers, Vols. I-IV. 8 vo.

Memoirs, Vols. I-II +. 4to. All issued at irregular intervals.

The academy has a museum, open to the public every day, including Sundays and holidays; about 100,000 visitors during the past year; and a library of over 10,000 volumes of natural history publications.

COLORADO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY.

DENVER, COLO.

Organized December 8, 1882; incorporated 1885.

Objects. To promote scientific intercourse, observation, and record in the State of Colorado.

Founders.-Hermann Beeger, P. H. Van Diest, S. F. Emmons, H. M. Hart, W. F. Hillebrand, Richard Pearce, Whitman Cross, Anton Eilers, J. B. Grant, N. P. Hill, A. H. Low, A. von Schulz.

Officers, 1894-95.-Prof. Charles S. Palmer, president; John B. Farish, first vicepresident; A. J. Dwight, second vice-president; Franklin Guitermau, recording secretary; P. H. Van Diest, corresponding secretary and librarian; R. M. Hosea, treasurer; execntive committee, Richard Pearce, A. A. Blow, P. H. Van Diest, Philip Argall, Irving Hale.

PUBLICATIONS.

Proceedings, Vols. I-IV, 1885-1890, 8vo, averaging about 250 pages each. Since 1891 all papers read are printed in pamphlet form, subject to revision.

NATURAL SCIENCE CLUB OF THE STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

FORT COLLINS, COLO.

Objects. To promote the advancement of science by the discussion and investigation of scientific questions.

Officers, 1894-95.-President, Prof. C. P. Gillette; vice-president, Prof. W. W. Cooke; secretary, Celia May Southworth; treasurer, Charles J. Ryan.

STATE HISTORICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF COLORADO. DENVER, COLO.

Organized and incorporated July 12, 1879.

Objects. To preserve historical data and found a State museum.

First directors.-Richard Sopris, John Evans, William N. Byers, Roger W. Woodbury, F. J. Bancroft, H. K. Steele, Aaron Gove, William D. Todd, William E. Pabor. Officers, 1894-95.—F, J. Bancroft, president; William D. Todd, treasurer; Charles R. Dudley, secretary.

CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.

NEW HAVEN, CONN.

Organized March 4, 1799; incorporated October, 1799.

Objects."To cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest and happiness of a free and virtuous people."

Officers elected October, 1799.-Rev. Timothy Dwight, D. D., president; His Excelleney Jonathan Trumbull, vice-president; His Honor John Treadwell, Rev. James Dana, D. D., Dr. Aeneas Munson, Rev. Bela Hubbard, and Chauncey Goodrich, counsellors; Simeon Baldwin, keeper of records; corresponding secretaries, Noah Webster, jr., John C. Smith, Enoch Perkins; Josiah Meigs, librarian; Isaac Beers, treasurer. Officers, 1894-95.-Prof. William H. Brewer, president; Prof. Charles S. Hastings, vice president; Prof. Samuel L. Penfield, secretary; publishing committee, Prof. Hubert A. Newton, Prof. George J. Brush, Prof. Addison E. Verrill, Prof. Charles S. Hastings, Prof. Edward S. Dana, Prof. Russell H. Chittenden, Addison Van Name; Addison Van Name, librarian; William W. Farnam, treasurer.

PUBLICATIONS.

Memoirs, Vol. I, 4 pts., 1810-1816. 8vo, pp. 412.

Statistical account of the towns and parishes of the State of Connecticut, Vol. I, 3 pts., 1811-1819. 8vo, pp. x1+124+154.

Transactions, Vol. I-IX, pt. 1, 1866-1892. 8vo, plates.

THE MERIDEN SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION.

MERIDEN, CONN.

Organized 1880; incorporated 1887.

Object. The promotion of science, including geology and paleontology, anthropology, astronomy, botany, geography, mechanics, electrical science, ornithology, conchology, general science, archæology and ethnology, biology, microscopy, zoology, chemistry, technology, entomology, ichthyology, herpetology, necrology. Incorporators, 1887.-J. H. Chapin, J. T. Pettee, Mrs. J. T. Pettee, Charles H. S. Davis, Albert B. Mather, E. B. Everitt, Robert Bowman, H. H. Kendrick, Mrs. E. B. Kendrick, G. H. Wilson, A. H. Hall, Henry S. Pratt, and Melville A. Stone.

Transactions, 4 vols. 8vo.

PUBLICATIONS.

MIDDLETOWN SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION.

Organized March 17, 1871.

MIDDLETOWN, CONN.

Object.-To diffuse information on scientific matters and to promote interest in scientific study among the people of Middletown.

First officers.-President, Prof. John Johnston, LL. D.; vice-president, Rev. F. Gardner, D. D.; corresponding secretary, Prof. W. N. Rice; recording secretary, G. Brown Goode; treasurer, Prof. J. M. Van Vleck.

Officers, 1895.-President, Prof. J. H. Barbour; vice-president, Prof. E. B. Rosa, Ph. D.; corresponding secretary, Prof. M. B. Crawford, M. A.; recording secretary, Prof. W. P. Bradley, Ph. D.; treasurer, A. R. Crittenden.

NEW BRITAIN SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION.

Organized December 8, 1881.

NEW BRITAIN, Conn.

Object."The design of the New Britain Scientific Association is to afford assist ance to its members in the study of science and to encourage in the community an increased interest in the progress and results of scientific investigation."

First officers.-President, Elihu Thomson; vice-president, John H. Peck; secretary and treasurer, Martin S. Wiard; executive committee, Elihu Thomson, John H. Peck, Martin S. Wiard, Henry E. Sawyer, and Albert L. Wiard.

Officers, 1895.-President, James Shepard; vice-president, Albert L. Wiard; secretary and treasurer, Martin S. Wiard; executive committee, James Shepard, Albert L. Wiard, Martin S. Wiard, E. M. Hulbert, William R. Stone, William A. House, Mrs. Annie S. Churchill, Miss C. A. Shepard, and Miss Sarah P, Rogers.

PUBLICATIONS.

Reports, articles in the local newspapers, and a few monographs by some of the individual members.

NATIONAL SCIENCE CLUB.

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Officers, 1895.-Mrs. Rosa Smith Eigenmann, president; Mrs. Almena B. Williams, A. M., vice-president; Miss Isobel Lenman, treasurer; Mrs. Laura O. Talbott, general secretary, 927 P street; Mrs. Edward Goodfellow, recording secretary.

PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Organized at the Smithsonian Institution March 13, 1871.

Object. The free exchange of views on scientific subjects and the promotion of scientific inquiry among its members.

Founders.-Prof. Joseph Henry, M. C. Meigs, Benjamin Peirce, Theo. Gill, Peter Parker, F. B. Meek, T. R. Peale, William B. Taylor, Charles A. Schott, E. B. Elliott, F.V. Hayden, J. E. Hilgard, J. H. Lane, S. F. Baird, Walter L. Nicholson, William H. Dall, B. F. Greene, S. V. Benét, Horace Capron, Thomas Antisell, J. J. Woodward, J. S. Billings, J. K. Barnes, C. H. Crane, George A. Otis, A. J. Myer, A. A. Humphreys, Asaph

Hall, Simon Newcomb, William Harkness, B. F. Craig, J. H. C. Coffin, Thornton A. Jenkins, George H. Elliot, W. T. Sherman, G. C. Schaeffer, Thomas L. Casey, John G. Parke, B. F. Sands, A. B. Dyer, J. B. Wheeler, A. B. Eatou, Elisha Foote, S. P. Chase. First officers.-President, Joseph Henry; vice-presidents, M. C. Meigs, J. E. Hilgard, Horace Capron, William B. Taylor; treasurer, Peter Parker; secretaries, B. F. Craig, Theodore Gill.

Officers, 1895.-Secretary, W. C. Winlock.

PUBLICATIONS.

Bulletin, 8vo., published with the cooperation of the Smithsonian Institution.
SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY.

Organized January 20, 1893.

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Object.—The discussion of problems or questions in philosophy.

First officers.-President, Dr. J. McBride Sterrett; secretary, Dr. Edward Farquhar; corresponding secretary and treasurer, E. A. Playter.

Officers, 1896.-Same as above.

CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO, ILL.

Organized 1857; incorporated 1865.

Object.-The promotion and diffusion of scientific knowledge by the reading and publication of original papers and by the maintenance of a library and museum. Founders.-Drs. J. V. Z. Blaney, N. S. Davis, J. W. Freer, C. Helmuth, H. A. Johnson, E. Andrews, H. Parker, F. Scammon, R. K. Swift, J. D. Webster, E. W. Blatchford, H. W. Zimmermann.

Officers.--President, Dr. Selim H. Peabody; vice-president, T. C. Chamberlin; secretary, Frank C. Baker; treasurer, Charles F. Gunther; trustees, C. M. Higginson (president), E. W. Blatchford, W. C. Egan, John J. Geer, C. F. Gunther, Dr. S. J. Jones, Prof. J. H. Long, H. W. Thomas, Joseph R. Putnam, George C. Walker, Andrew Crawford (ex officio), and Dr. S. H. Peabody.

The various sections for the work of the academy and the officers of each are as follows:

Astronomy and mathematics-George W. Hough, LL. D., chairman; T. J. J. See, Ph. D., recorder. Photography-Gayton A. Douglass, chairman; A. W. Watriss, recorder. Chemistry-John H. Long, Sc. D., chairman; C. L. Kennicott, recorder. Geology-Charles H. Gordon, M. Sc., chairman; Charles S. Raddin, M. Sc., recorder. Microscopy-Lester Curtis, M. D., chairman; Frank L. Morse, M. A., recorder. Pathology-Weller Van Hook, M. D., chairman; Louis J. Mitchell, M. D., recorder. Entomology-W. E. Longley, chairman; A. J. Snyder, recorder. Biology-To be organized. Curator of museum, Frank C. Baker; ornithologist and assistant curator, Frank M. Woodruff.

PUBLICATIONS.

Transactions, Vol. I, 1867-1869, 4to, pp. 337, pls. 34; Vol. II, 1870, pp. 24, pl. 1. Bulletins, Vol. I, 1883-1886, 10 Nos., 8vo., pp. 127, 20 cuts, pls. 6; Vol. II, No. 1, 1891, 8vo., pp. xxiv, 168, 2 cuts, pl. 1.

ELGIN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY.

ELGIN, ILL.

Organized February 4, 1876; incorporated January 6, 1881.

Objects.-(1) The intellectual culture and entertainment of its members by lectures, essays, discussions, and conversation upon the sciences, history, art, inetaphysics, or any other topic in which its members may feel an interest; (2) the collection of books, works of art, relics, and natural specimens of all kinds of an educational and entertaining nature; (3) the collection and preservation of facts pertaining to the history of Elgin and vicinity, with a view to their future publication; (4) the erection and maintenance of a memorial hall for the accommodation of the society and the preservation of its collections and archives.

First officers.-Dr. Joseph Tefft, president; James Dangerfield, vice-president; S. E. Weld, secretary; Dr. W. H. Truesdell, treasurer; Dr. A. L. Clark, Prof. W. H. Brydges, and (ex officio) Dr. Joseph Tefft, executive committee. August 21, 1876, the name was changed to "The Elgin Scientific and Historical Society."

At the regular meeting, held April 8, 1878, a committee, consisting of Dr. Joseph

Tefft, Julia Moran, M. H. Thompson, John B. Newcomb, and May Larkin, was appointed to collect information and compile a history of Elgin.

Officers, 1894.—James Dangerfield, president; William G. Todd, vice-president; T. W. O'Connor, secretary; W. H. Brydges, treasurer.

The society is now reorganizing for work; for several years it was idle, and S. E. Weld, one of the founders, kept it alive by his own personal exertions. Because of a legacy recently left to the society by one of its late members, it has been revived. It owns a building and quite a collection of specimens, geological and fossil, also historical data and a tine collection of shells and corals. Its present home is a suite of rooms in the Spurling Block.

THE PEORIA SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION.

PEORIA, ILL.

Organized April 17, 1875; incorporated October 24, 1892.

Object.-To increase a knowledge of science among its members and to awaken a spirit of scientific investigation among the people.

Founders.-W. N. Chapman, M. D., president; Mrs. Clara P. Bourland, first vicepresident; J. T. Stewart, M. D., second vice-president; Fred. Brendel, M. D., third vice president; Miss Emma A. Smith, recording secretary; Prof. S. H. White, corresponding secretary; Sidney Pulsifer, treasurer.

Officers, 1894.-J. T. Stewart, M. D., president; B. L. T. Bourland, first vice-president; Deloss S. Brown, second vice-president; A. W. Bushnell, third vice-presidênt; O. B. Will, M. D., corresponding secretary; Lysander Cassidy, recording secretary; Alice A. Barnhart, treasurer and curator.

PUBLICATIONS.

Shade Trees, Indigenous Shrubs and Vines, by J. L. Stewart, M. D., edition, Bulletin of the Association, 1887.

THE PRINCETON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

PRINCETON, ILL.

Organized December 30, 1881; incorporated January 23, 1882.
Object.—The advancement and promotion of scientific knowledge.

1883; second

First officers.—President, Rev. J. M. Mayall; vice-president, F. M. Herrick; recording secretary, J. R. Earnest; corresponding secretary, Prof. Jacob Miller; treasurer, Dr. W. H. Lackman.

Officers, 1891.—President, Simon Elliott; vice-president, Mrs. A. L. Davis; recording secretary, Mrs. Rosetta Davis; corresponding secretary, Miss Mary Heaton; treasurer, Prof. Jacob Miller.

INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.

BROOKVILLE, IND.

Organized December, 1885; incorporated 1886.
Object.-Advancement of science in Indiana.

First officers.-President, Prof. D. S. Jordan; vice-presidents, Prof. J. M. Coulter, Prof. J. P. D. John, Prof. J. C. Branner; secretary, A. W. Butler; treasurer, Prof. O. P. Jenkins.

Officers, 1894.-President, A. W. Butler; vice-president, Prof. Stanley Coulter; secretary, John S. Wright; treasurer, Prof. W. P. Shannon."

Proceedings, 1891, 1892, 1893.

PUBLICATIONS.

LA PORTE LIBRARY AND NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION.

LA PORTE, IND.

Organized 1863; incorporated 1868.

Object.-To give lectures, to have a library, reading room, and cabinet of specimens illustrating the natural sciences, etc.

Founders.-L. Crane, Dr. George M. Dakin, C. G. Powell, William M. Scott, H. B. Weir, John M. Hoad, J. P. Ash, J. H. Lee, W. L. McKahan.

Officers, 1894.-President, Dr. George M. Dakin; vice-president, William Niles; secretary, W. B. Biddle; treasurer, August Davidson; board of directors (with the above), Polaski King, L. D. Webber, Adele K. Howe, Myra T. Bradley, Mrs. Case.