552 PROCEEDINGS OP THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



state of its funds do not permit it to contribute toward the 

 expenses of this expedition. 



On the motion of the Corresponding Secretary it was 



Voted, To take from the table the report of the Committee 

 on rearranging the sections in Class I. 



Voted, To amend Chapter I., Section 1, of the Statutes by 

 changing "Section I. Mathematics;- — Section 2. Practical 

 Astronomy and Geodesy ; — Section 3. Physics and Chem- 

 istry," to "Section 1. Mathematics and Astronomy; — 

 Section 2. Physics ; — Section 3. Chemistry." 



The Corresponding Secretary proposed that Chapter 9, 

 Section 2, line 8, of the Statutes be amended by changing 

 the word " eight " to " seven." This proposition was re- 

 ferred to a committee, consisting of C. S. Minot, S. C. Chan- 

 dler, and A. M. Davis. 



A report on the subject of appropriations for the ensuing 

 year was read by H. W. Haynes, Chairman of the Joint 

 Committee consisting of the Standing Committees of Publica- 

 tion and on the Library. After discussion, it was 



Voted, That the Committee of Publication, the Committee 

 on the Library, and the Treasurer be instructed to report to 

 the Committee of Finance estimates of expenses for the 

 coming year. 



Voted, That the money recently raised by subscription be 

 appropriated to printing the current volume of Proceedings. 



Alexander Agassiz and William M. Wood worth read a 

 paper entitled, " Some Variations in the Genus Eucope." 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



On Bivalent Carbon. Third Paper : The Chemistry of 

 Cyanogen and Isocyanogen. By J. U. Nef 



A Eevision of the Atomic Weight of Zinc. By T. W. 

 Richards and E. F. Rosfers. 



On the Automorphic Linear Transformation of a Bilinear 

 Form. By Henry Taber. 



On the Types of Linear Substitution which transform auto- 

 morphically a Bilinear Form with Cogredient Variables. By 

 Henry Taber. 



