PROCEEDINGS. 



Nine hundred and eighth Meeting. 



May 10, 1899. — Annual Meeting. 



Vice-President Hyatt in the chair. 



In the absence of the Recording Secretary, William E. Story 

 was elected Recording Secretary pro tempore. 



The Chair announced the death of Alvan Wentworth Chap- 

 man, of Appalachicola, Associate Fellow in Class II., Section 2. 



The Corresponding Secretary read letters from Felipe Valle, 

 announcing his appointment as Director of the Astronomical 

 Observatory of Tacubaya ; from Angel Anguiano, announcing 

 his appointment as Director of the Mexican Geodetic Commis- 

 sion ; from the Geographical Society of Madrid, announcing the 

 death of its President, Francisco Coello de Portugal y Quesada ; 

 from H. P. Talbot and O. F. Wadsworth, accepting Fellowship 

 in the Academy ; from Charles D. Walcott, acknowledging his 

 election as Associate Fellow ; and from Oliver Heaviside, 

 acknowledging his election as Foreign Honorary Member. A 

 letter from the University of Cambridge inviting the Academy 

 to appoint a delegate to the jubilee of Sir George Gabriel 

 Stokes, Bart., in June, 1899, was read, and, on motion of 

 Charles R. Cross, it was 



Voted, That the President and Corresponding Secretary send 

 a letter of congratulation to Sir George G. Stokes. 



A letter from the Commission on Atomic Weights of the 

 German Chemical Society, inviting " Chemical Societies and 

 similar Institutions of all countries to assist in the formation of 

 an International Commission," was read, and, on motion of the 

 Corresponding Secretary, it was 



