PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



1897. 



January 5. 



Mr. Charles Morris in the Chair. 



Thirty-three persons present. 



A paper entitled " A Contribution to the Mammalogy of Northern 

 New Jersey," by Samuel N. Rhoads, was presented for publication. 



The Council reported its organization and the appointment of the 

 following Standing Committees to serve during the current year. : — 



On Library. — Charles P. Perot, Arthur Erwin Brown, Harrison 

 Allen, M. D., Henry C. Chapman, M. D. and Henry A. Pilsbry. 



On Publications. — Thomas Meehan, Charles E. Smith, George 

 H. Horn, M. D., Edw. J. Nolan, M. D. and Henry Skinner, M. D. 



On Instruction. — Uselma C. Smith, Harrison Allen, M. D., 

 George Vaux, Jr., Newlin Peirce, D. D. S. and Samuel N. Rhoads. 



Committee of Council on By-Laws. — Isaac J. Wistar, 

 Theodore D. Rand, William Sellers and Benjamin Tilghman. 

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