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December 17. 



The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M.D., LL.D., in the Chair. 



Twenty-seven persons present. 



Dr. Thomas H. Fenton, the Chairman of the Library Committee, 

 called attention to a copy of the Centenary volume of the Journal 

 (XV) placed on the table by the Publication Committee in com- 

 memoration of the meeting held last March to celebrate the one 

 hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Academy. He com- 

 mented on the typographical merits of the volume, the value of its 

 contents, and the promptness of its publication. 



He then offered the following, which was unanimously adopted: 



Resolved, That it . is the sense of this meeting that the sincere 

 thanks of the Academy are due to Dr. Edward J. Nolan for his 

 untiring zeal in the preparation, compilation, and editing of the 

 splendid memorial volume presented to-night, and for its extraor- 

 dinarily prompt completion. 



The reception of papers under the following titles was reported 

 by the Publication Committee: 



"The Protoconch of Acmsea." By Will F. Thompson (Decem- 

 ber 14). 



''Fauna of the Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama — II." 

 By A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry (December 17). 



The following were ordered to be published: 



