490 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



A. C. Coolidge, of Class III. 



On recommendation of the Council, the following appropriations 

 were made for the ensuing year: — 



From the income of the General Fund, S8,100, to be used as 

 follows : — 



for General and Meeting expenses $1,300.00 



for Library expenses 2,800 . 00 



for Books, periodicals and binding 1,200.00 



for House expenses 2,200 . 00 



for Treasurer's expenses (500 . 00 



From the income of the Publication Fund, $4,655.24, to be 

 used for publication. 



From the income of the Rumford Fund, $3,343.26, to be used as 

 follows : — 



for Research $1,000.00 



for FubHcation 600.00 



for use at the discretion of the Committee 1,743.26 



From the income of the C. M. Warren Fund, $2,500, to be used 

 at the discretion of the Committee. 



A Biographical Notice of W. L. Hooper by A. C. Lane was 

 presented. 



The President announced that he had appointed as the Com- 

 mittee to report on the amendment of the Statutes proposed at 

 the last ^Meeting, A. G. Webster, Barrett Wendell and A. C. Lane. 



The President stated that the Council intends to bring forward 

 at the next IMeeting of the Academy a request for instructions wuth 

 regard to the election of women as Fellows of the Academy. 



Voted, That the Publication Committee be requested to report 

 what may be done toward providing for the continued publication 

 of learned works in series, the future of which is made precarious 

 or impossible by reason of conditions in Europe. 



The following Communication was read and discussed : 



Professor Reginald A. Daly. "The Deep Sea Islands of the 

 Pacific." 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



"The Springfield Rifle and the Leduc Formula." By A. G. 

 Webster. 



