728 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



Museo de la Plata, announcing the death of Enrique A. S. 

 Delachaux ; from the Belgian government, enclosing a pro- 

 spectus of the First International Congress of Administrative 

 Sciences at Brussels in 1910. 



The Chair announced the following deaths: — 



James D. Hague, Associate Fellow in Class I, Section 4 ; 

 Henry C. Sorby, Class II, Section 1, and Sir John Evans, Class 

 III, Section 2, Foreign Honorary Members. 



It was Voted, To authorize the President to appoint one or 

 more delegates to represent the Academy at the celebration of 

 the University of Cambridge in commemoration of the centenary 

 of the birth of Charles Darwin. 



It was looted, That the Corresponding Secretary explain to 

 the Secretary of the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science the inability of the Academy to accept the in- 

 vitation of the Association to participate in its meeting at 

 Baltimore. 



On the motion of the Recording Secretary, it was Voted, To 

 meet on adjournment, on the 11th of November. 



The President delivered his inaugural address, " Physical 

 Science of To-day." 



Professor Story gave an informal talk on Mathematical 

 Puzzles. 



The following paper was presented by title : — 



" Binary Mixtures, a Contribution to Physical Chemistry," 

 by William E. Story. 



Nine hundred eighty-fourth Meeting. 



November 11, 1908. — Adjourned Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



There were twenty Fellows present. 



The Corresponding Secretary presented an invitation from 

 the University of Missouri requesting delegates to attend the 

 Inauguration of Albert Ross Hill as President of the University. 



The Chair announced the death of Charles Eliot Norton, 

 Resident Fellow in Class III, Section 4. 



Certain amendments to the Statutes were proposed by the 



