The President spoke in acknowledgment of the honor of his re-election to the Presidency of this Society, the oldest organization of the kind in the world. He congratulated the Society on the increased interest as manifested by the attendance at this meeting and by the larger amount of contributions received in 1911 for the work of the Society. ALBERT H. VOTAW, _Secretary_. REPORT OF THE ACTING COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 1911. In the year 1912, the PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY will have completed a century and a quarter of its existence. It seems opportune briefly to note some of the important features of the work of this organization during the last 125 years. We are fortunate in the possession of an unbroken series of records of the transactions of this body from its first meeting in May, 1787, to the present time. In 1787 the conditions of the jails in Philadelphia were unspeakably disgraceful. In one common herd there were kept by day and by night prisoners of all ages, colors, degrees of crime, and the sexes were not separated. No bedding was supplied and unless the prisoner had means or friends, he slept on the ground or bare floor. One loaf of bread constituted the daily ration. Misconduct was punished by the branding-iron, the pillory, or by the lash. Intoxicants were sold to all applicants who had money. The keeper reaped a profit from all sales made to the inmates of the prison. The death rate was enormous. No effort was made to find any useful employment for the prisoners.