608 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



income of the Rumford Fund for the purchase and binding of 

 periodicals. 



Ou the recommendation of the C. M. Warren Committee, it 

 was 



Voted, That the sum of six hundred dollars Ci^600) from 

 the income of the Warren Fund be granted to Charles F. 

 Mabery, of Cleveland, Ohio, in aid of his researches on the 

 chemistry of petroleum. 



In accordance with the recommendation of the Rumford 

 Committee, it was 



Voted, To award the Rumford Premium to Charles F. Brush 

 for the practical development of electric arc lighting. 



The annual election resulted in the choice of the following 

 officers and committees : — ^ 



Alexander Agassiz, President. 



John Teowbridge, Vice-President for Class I. 



Alpheus Hyatt, Vice-President for Class II. 



Augustus Lowell, Vice-President for Class III. 



Samuel H. Scudder, Corresponding Secretary. 



William Watson, Recording Secretary. 



Francis Blake, Treasurer. 



A. Lawrence Rotch, Librarian. 



Councillors. 



Henky Taber, 



Theodore W. Richards, \ of Class I. 



Harry M. Goodwin, 



Benjamin L. Robinson, 



William T. Councilman, \ of Class IL 



John E. Wolff, 



Barrett Wendell, 



Edward Robinson, \- of Class HL 



'J 



James B. Ames, 



Member of the Committee of Finance. 

 Augustus Lowell. 



