620 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



" Biographical Notice of the late John Fiske." By A. McF. 

 Davis. 



The following paper was presented by title : — 

 Contributions from the Case School of Applied Science. — 

 XLI. " On the Hydrocarbons in Pennsylvania Petroleum with 

 Boiling Points above 216 °." By Charles F. Mabery. 



Nine hundred and thirty-third Meeting. 



May 14,1902. — Annual Meeting. 



Vice-President Trowbridge in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary read letters from Henry P. 

 Walcott, accepting his election as Vice-President for Class II. ; 

 H. E. Clifford, H. O. Hofman, T. A. Jaggar, Jr., Edward H. 

 Strobel, accepting Resident Fellowship ; Herbert Putnam, 

 acknowledging election as Associate Fellow ; Madame Cornu, 

 announcing the death of her husband, Alfred Cornu; the 

 University of Oxford, inviting the Academy to send a repre- 

 sentative to the commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the 

 opening of the Bodleian Library, on October 8 and 9, 1902 ; 

 the Royal University of Christiania, announcing the celebra- 

 tion, in September next, of the 100th anniversary of the birth 

 of Nicolaus Henricus Abel and inviting the attendance of dele- 

 gates. 



On the motion of the Recording Secretaiy, it was 



Voted, To appoint Herbert Putnam, Associate Fellow, to 

 represent the Academy at the Bodleian Library commemora- 

 tion. 



• The annual report of the Council was read by the Corre- 

 sponding Secretary. 



The Treasurer presented his annual report, of which the fol- 

 lowing is an abstract : — 



