In response to an inquiry made by direction of Council, the authorities in charge of the World's Columbian Exposition assigned two rooms in the Electricity Building to be occupied during the World's Fair season as the headquarters of the Institute. A special committee was appointed to make arrangements for its proper equipment, and prepare a plan for raising the necessary funds for that purpose. Satisfactory progress has been made and it is hoped that the result will be beneficial to the Institute.

In pursuance of its general policy toward assisting in the preparation for the World's Electrical Congress of 1893, the General Committee of the Institute and its Sub-Committee on a Provisional Programme have been actively engaged during the year, and their work, which has been published through the TRANSACTIONS and the electrical press, has elicited much favorable comment.

An important change has been made in the plan of issuing the TRANSACTIONS, by which the various papers and discussions are now published at an earlier date than was possible under the previous arrangement. In order to provide for the extra expense involved, suitable advertisements are accepted for publication, and there is every reason to believe that the plan will be found so satisfactory as to justify its continuation hereafter. The revenue from advertisements will cover more than the additional cost.

Inquiries having been made by many members regarding the issuance of a badge and certificate of membership, the Council has from time to time considered designs for official acceptance. Designs have recently been approved, and arrangements for their supply are now being carried out.

The total membership of the Institute at the close of last year's report was as follows:

Our loss by death has been unusually large, the list being as follows:

9.

9.

6

20

44

Deducting the loss of membership as stated leaves a remainder of 673 (a net gain
of 58) classified as follows:

Honorary Members...

Members

Associate Members

98

I

717

3

206

464

673

Since the report of membership was closed, two additional deaths have occurred-Grosvenor Porter Lowrey, Esq., and James Bowstead Williams, M.D.

DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE YEAR.

The Treasurer has disbursed upon warrants drawn by the Secretary for bills approved by Council and Finance Committee, the amount of $7,707.30. classified as follows:

This amount should be credited with the following items:

Electrotypes sold

Collected for stenography and typewriting..

Received for binding..

Sundry receipts..

51683 139 58 38 50

45 55

113 83

20 00

138.94

$7.707 30

Showing the net expenses of the year to have been...

$740 46

And the net receipts for fees, dues, sales and subscriptions of Transactions..
Showing an excess of net expenses over net receipts for the

year of.

The outstanding current bills against the Institute April 30th, were...........
Amount of uncollected accounts outside of membership

Due from members

Balance of genera! fund in Treasury

Secretary's balance May 1st, 1893 .

Judging from past experience, about half the dues in arrears will be paid during the year.

Respectfully submitted by direction of Council,

RALPH W. POPE,

Secretary.

Balance as per last report, plus interest at 3 per cent. from July
1, 1891, on certificate of deposit in Mercantile Trust Com-
pany, New York.

$ 850 00

Respectfully submitted,

GEO. M. PHELPS,

Treasurer

THE PRESIDENT:-While the reports are being distributed I will make this announcement. Dr. Pupin, of Columbia College, whose paper was on the list to be read first at to-morrow afternoon's session, wishes to read it at Columbia College where he can have the advantage, both for himself and the members of the INSTITUTE, of conducting certain experimental work in illustration of the facts stated in the paper. It has been decided that perhaps the best way to accommodate both Dr. Pupin and the INSTITUTE members generally, is to change the order of the papers so that Dr. Pupin's paper will be the last read to-morrow afternoon. The first papers will be read and disposed of and the INSTITUTE will then adjourn to meet at four o'clock at the lecture room at Columbia College. The opportunity of listening to this lecture illustrated by the experiments which will be conducted by Dr Pupin will more than offset any disadvantages connected with the transfer of the place of meeting.

THE SECRETARY:-The following Associate Members were elected at the regular meeting of Council this afternoon :

Thos. D. Lockwood.
F. A. Pickernell.
F. W. Dunbar.

Geo.

New York City. H. Ward Leonard.

United Gas Improvement Co., C. J. R. Humphreys. Drexel Building, Philadelphia,

HUNTING, FRED. S.

GALE, HORACE B.

KINSMAN, FRANK E.
STEARNS, CHARLES K.

DAVIS, MINOR M.,

RODGERS, HOWARD S.

WHITE, ANTHONY C.
DUNBAR, F. W.

Total, 8.

Electrical Engineer, Fort Wayne Electric Co., Fort
Wayne, Ind.

Consulting Electrical and Mechanical Engineer, 40
California St., San Francisco, Cal.

Electrical Engineer, Plainfield, N. J.

Superintendent of Construction, N. W. Thomson Hous-
ton Electric Co., St. Paul, Minn.

Assistant Electrician, Postal Telegraph-Cable Company,
New York City.

Electrical Engineer, Eddy Electric Mfg. Co., Windsor,
Conn.

Electrical Engineer, American Bell Telephone Co.,
Boston, Mass.

Assistant Electrician, American Telephone and Tele-
graph Co., 153 Cedar St., New York City.

The certificates of membership which were authorized have now been delivered by the engraver, and copies may be had upon application to the Secretary. These are issued to members only, not to associate members, and the fee, covering the price of engraving, printing and engrossing will be $2.00.

The Council found it necessary to change the price on account of the cost of engrossing.

THE PRESIDENT:-Dr. Hutchinson and Mr. Delany are appointed a committee to pass upon the accounts of the Secretaryand Treasurer. While the tellers are at work, informal remarks would perhaps be in order.

DR. FREDERIC A. C. PERRINE-I have an informal remark to make. The members may know that I am going out to teach electrical engineering on the Pacific Coast. I have talked to Mr. Phelps and Mr. Martin a little bit about the possibility of starting some sort of branch of the INSTITUTE there. I do not know how many men we have, or how many men are available, in fact I do not know anything about the country, but I shall know after I get there, and I was wondering whether it would be in accordance with the wishes of the association to have an attempt made on the Pacific Coast to start a branch of the INSTITUTE. I would like to hear some opinion from the members present.

THE PRESIDENT:-Do you mean a branch of the INSTITUTE that will hold meetings there?