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control and management of the funds and trusts of the Academy, 

 with the power of investing or changing the investment of the 

 same at their discretion." 



A. Lawrence Lowell read a paper entitled, " Party Votes in 

 Parliament, Congress, and the State Legislatures." 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard Univer- 

 sity. New Series. — No. XXIII. " A Revision of the Galapagos 

 Flora." By B. L. Robinson. 



" The Probable Source of the Heat of Chemical Combina- 

 tions." By Theodore William Richards. 



" A Description of Crystals of Epidote from Alaska." By 

 Charles Palache. Presented by John E. Wolff. 



John E. Wolff exhibited a specimen of apatite from Mi not, 

 Maine. 



Nine hundred and thirtieth Meeting. 



February 12, 1902. 



In the absence of the regular presiding officers, the chair was 

 taken by Charles R. Cross. 



Letters were received from Theodore Hough and Morris II. 

 Morgan accepting Fellowship; from Edmund B. Wilson, ac- 

 knowledging his election as Associate Fellow ; and from the 

 National Society of Natural and Mathematical Sciences of Cher- 

 bourg, acknowledging congratulations on the occasion of its 

 fiftieth anniversary. 



The Chair announced the following deaths : — 



Alpheus Hyatt, Vice-President for Class II. 



Clarence King, Associate Fellow in Class II., Section 1. 



Karl Weinhold, Foreign Honorary Member in Class III., Sec- 

 lion 2. 



In accordance with the Statutes, the following Councillors 

 were appointed a committee to nominate a candidate for the 

 office of Vice-President for Class II. : — 



Harry M. Goodwin, of Class I. 

 George H. Parker, of Class II. 

 William Everett, of Class III. 



