1893.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 67 



The Academy having heard with sincere regret of the death, the 

 26th inst., of Mr. Jacob Binder, the Curator of the William S. 

 Vaux Collections, it is fitting that a record be made of, the society's 

 appreciation of the loss which it has thereby sustained. 



During the latter years of Mr. Binder's life, from his election to 

 membership in January 1879 until incapacitated by the lingering 

 illness which has just terminated fatally, his best energies have 

 been devoted to farthering the interests of the Academy. 



He performed his duties as Curator from Jauuary 1883 to 

 January 1892, as member of the Board of Trustees of the Build- 

 ing Fund from January 1884 to February 1890 and as Curator of 

 the William S. Vaux Collections since 1883, with energy, discretion 

 and liberality. His knowledge of business details was of the utmost 

 value in the financial administration of the society, while his 

 personal qualities were such as to endear him to his associates. 



The Academy desires to convey to Mr. Binder's wife and children 

 the assurance of its profound sympathy in their bereavement. 



On the recommendation of the Council the following were elected 

 to constitute the Committee on the Hayden Memorial Geological 

 Award : — Angelo Heilpriu, J. P. Lesley, Persifor Frazer, Benjamin 

 Smith Lyman and William B. Scott. 



The Council reported the election of Benjamin Sharp, M. D., 

 to fill the vacancy in the Committee on Instruction and Lectures 

 caused by the death of Mr. Isaac C. Martindale. 



The following were elected members: — 



Joseph Sailor, M. D., Henry Erben, Warner J. Banes, Walter 

 Erben, Charles M. Thomas, M. D., Harold H. Kynett, M. D., 

 Ernest La Place, M. D., Edw. C. Kirk, M. D., Henry L. Taggart, 

 William B. Scott and H. Frank Moore. 



The following were elected correspondents: — 



The Rt. Hon. Lord Kelvin, Leonard Stejneger of Washington, D. 

 C, Charles B. Cory of Boston, Mass., Arnold Lang of Jena, 

 Germany, Robert Ridgway of New York, William Brewster of 

 Boston, Mass. and J. A. Allen of Cambridge, Mass. 



The following were ordered to be printed : — 



