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The Chair announced the death of John Codman Ropes, Res- 

 ident Fellow in Class III., Section 3. 



Samuel IT. Scudder tendered his resignation as Corresponding 

 Secretary, to take effect in January, and it was accepted. 



The Chair appointed from the next retiring Councillors 



Theodore W. Richards, of Class L, 

 Benjamin L. Robinson, of Class II., 

 Barrett Wendell, of Class III., 



a committee to nominate a candidate for the office of Corre- 

 sponding Secretary. 



On the motion of the chairman of the C. M. Warren Com- 

 mittee, it was 



Voted^ To grant permission to H. O. Hofman to publish in 

 the Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers 

 or elsewhere the results of his research, for which aid was 

 granted by the Academy from the C, M. Warren Fund. 



On the motion of the Librarian, it was 



Voted, To authorize the expenditure of a sum not exceeding 

 two hundred dollars ($200) for furniture for the Library. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy : — 



Maxime Bocher, of Cambridge, to be a Resident Fellow in 

 Class I., Section 1 (Mathematics and Astronomy). 



William Fogg Osgood, of Cambridge, to be a Resident Fellow 

 in Class I., Section 1. 



John Singer Sargent, of London, to be an Associate Fellow 

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



Sir Benjamin Baker, of London, to be a Foreign Honorary 

 Member in Class I., Section 4 (Technology and Engineering), 

 in place of the late Sir Henr}^ Bessemer. 



Rudyard Kipling, of Rottingdean, to be a Foreign Honorary 

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



Arthur G. Webster described Maxwell's electric top and 

 exhibited it in operation. 



The following papers were presented by title: — 



Contributions from the Cryptogamic Laboratory of Harvard 



