PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



1893. 



January 3. 

 The President, General Isaac J. Wistar, in the chair. 



Sixty-three persons present. 



A paper entitled " The Interpretation of Certain Verses of the 

 First Chapter of Genesis in the Light of Paleontology," by Henry 

 C. Chapman, M. D., was presented for publication. 



The Council reported that the following Standing Committees 

 had been appointed to serve during the ensuing year: — 



On Library.— W. S. W. Ruschenberger, M. D., Henry C. 

 Chapman, M. D., Gavin W. Hart, Charles P. Perot and J. Bernard 

 Brinton, M. D. 



On Publications. — John H. Redfield, Charles E. Smith, Thomas 

 Meehan, George H. Horn, M. D., and Edward J. Nolan, M. D. 



On Instruction and Lectures. — Charles Morris, Isaac C. 

 Martindale, Harold Wingate, George A. Rex, M. D., and J. Bernard 

 Brinton, M. D. 



Standing Committee of Council on By-Laws. — W. S. W. 



Ruschenberger, M. D., Theo. D. Rand, William Sellers and Isaac 



J. Wistar. 

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