RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 731 



Sciences de Finlande, announcing the death of its permanent 

 Secretary, Lorenz L. Lindelof, and the appointment of Anders 

 Donner to the position ; from the Philological Society of Rome, 

 announcing the progress of the Graziadio Ascoli Fund and so- 

 liciting subscriptions ; from William Z. Ripley, Resident Fellow, 

 resigning Fellowship. 



The Chair announced the death of Wolcott Gibbs, Associate 

 Fellow in Class I, Section 3 ; and of W. K. Brooks, Associate 

 Fellow in Class II, Section 3. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy : — 



Henry Fay, of Boston, to be a Resident Fellow in Class I, 

 Section 3 (Chemistry). 



Reginald Aid worth Daly, of Cambridge, to be a Resident Fel- 

 low in Class II, Section I (Geology, Mineralogy, and Physics of 

 the Globe). 



Harris Hawthorne Wilder, of Northampton, to be a Resident 

 Fellow in Class II, Section 3 (Zoology and Physiology). 



Henry Herbert Edes, of Cambridge, to be a Resident Fellow 

 in Class III, Section 4 (Literature and the Fine Arts). 



Upon the recommendation of the Committee on Amending 

 the Statutes it was 



Voted, To amend Chapter V, Section 7, to read as follows : — 



" The House Committee to consist of three Fellows. This 

 Committee shall have charge of all expenses connected with 

 the House, including the general expenses of the Academy not 

 specifically assigned to other Committees. This Committee 

 shall report to the Council in March in each year on the ap- 

 propriations needed for their expenses for the coming year. 

 All bills incurred by this Committee within the limits of the 

 appropriations made by the Academy shall be approved by the 

 Chairman of the House Committee." 



To amend Chapter X, Section 2, by adding to it the fol- 

 lowing : — 



" In the case of officers of the Army or Navy, who are out of 

 the state on duty, payment of the annual assessment may be 

 waived during such absence if continued during the whole 

 official year and if notification of such absence be sent to the 

 Treasurer." 



