PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



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1894. 





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January 2. 





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



Forty persons present. 



The deaths of Richard R. Robb, September 12, 1893, and of 

 Joseph D. Potts, December 8, 1893, members, were announced. 



A paper entitled ' ' Description of a new subspecies of trout from 

 McCloud River, California," by David Starr Jordan, 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 G. 

 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. — (Uiarles Morris, Benjamin 

 Sharp, M. D., Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., George A. Rex, M. D. 

 and Uselma C. Smith. 



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

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