RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 529 



Sir Benjamin Baker, Foreign Honorary Member in Class I, 

 Section 4. 



The following communications were given : — 



" The Volcanoes of the Azores." By Professor W, H. 

 Pickering. 



"The Linnaean Celebration at Upsala, Sweden." By Pro- 

 fessor W. G. Farlow. 



The following paper was read by title: — 



"A Revision of the Atomic Weight of Lead. Preliminary 

 Paper: The Analysis of Lead Chloride." By Gregory Paul 

 Baxter and John Hunt Wilson. 



Nine hundred seventy-seventh Meeting. 



December 11, 1907. 



The President in the Chair. 



There were present seventeen Fellows. 



Letters were read from Arthur L Davenport, announcing the 

 death of his father, George E. Davenport ; from the Sixteenth 

 Liternational Congress of Americanists, inviting the Academy 

 to send delegates. 



The Chair announced the death of George E. Davenport, 

 Resident Fellow in Class II, Section 2, and also of Professor 

 Minton Warren, whose nomination had been read to the Acad- 

 emy at its last meeting. 



On motion of Professor Davis, it was 



Voted, That in reference to the death of Professor Warren 

 the President be authorized to take such action as he thinks 

 proper. 



On motion of Professor Davis, it was 



Voted, That the House Committee be authorized to provide 

 a simple collation for the Members at the meetings of the 

 Academy. 



The followinsf communications were given: — 



'• The Most Recent Exploration in Palestine." By Professor 

 D. G. Lvon. 



"The Centenary Celebration of the Geological Society of 

 London." By Professor W. 'Si. Davis. 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



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