226 PROCEEDINGS OP THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



The Council submitted nominations for one Foreign Hon- 

 orary Member, and three Associate Fellows ; also a general 

 report upon the actual state of the Academy, with notices 

 of the members deceased during the past year, as follows : — 



The following changes Lave occurred in the personelle of the Acad- 

 emy since the last Annual Meeting. 



Nine members have been elected, to wit : seven Resident Fellows, 

 one Associate Fellow, and one Foreign Honorary Member. 



The Foreign Honorary Member, Professor Lindlet, was chosen 

 to fill the vacancy in Class II. Section 2, occasioned by the death of 

 Mr. Brown. 



The Associate Fellow, Sir "William E. Logan, the Government 

 Geologist of Canada, belongs to Class II. Section 1. 



Of the seven Resident Fellows, two belong to the First, three to the 

 Second, and two to the Third Class. 



Three Resident Fellows, one Associate Fellow, and four Foreign 

 Honorary Members have deceased during the past year ; in all eight, 

 or one less than the accessions. 



The Resident Fellows lost from our ranks are "William Cranch 

 Bond, of Class I. Section 2 ; Dr. Ichabod Nichols, of Class III. 

 Section 1 ; and William H. Prescott, of Class III. Section 3. 



The Associate Fellow is Professor Parker Cleaveland, of Class 

 I. Section 3. • 



The Foreign Honorai-y Members are Baron Humboldt, Manuel 

 John Johnson, Robert Brown, and Johannes Mltller. 



The Academy will observe that, although this list of its members 

 recently deceased is not remarkably numerous, yet it mainly consists 

 of most illustrious names. 



The eulogies pronounced upon the distinguished historian and the 

 eminent astronomer, who were almost simultaneously removed from 

 our immediate ranks, are still fresh in our remembrance. The remain- 

 ing name is that of an accomplished scholar and divine, whose age and 

 infirm health had prevented his attendance at our meetings since his 

 residence in this vicinity. 



Our late Associate Fellow, Professor Cleaveland, of Bowdoin 

 College, died at Brunswick in October last, at the age of seventy-eight 

 years. He was graduated at Hai'vard College in 1799, where he be- 

 came a Tutor in 1803. Two years afterwards he was appointed Pro- 



