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ised to bring the subject to the renewed consideration of the friends 

 and guardians of Count Rumford's memory. 



Professor Cooke presented the report of the committee 

 appointed to revise the Statutes of the Academy, and it was 



Voted, To lay this report on the table, and make it the 

 special subject of an adjourned meeting ; it was also 



Voted, That the Correspondhig Secretary be requested to 

 print the report, and distribute it among the Resident Fel- 

 lows. 



Voted, To adjourn this meeting, at its close, to the second 

 Tuesday in December. 



The following papers were presented : — 



" On the Flora of Guadalupe Island." By Sereno Wat- 

 son. 



" On the Proper Motion of t] Draconis." By W. A. 

 Rogers. 



Six hundred and eighty-fifth Meeting. 



December 14, 1875. — Adjourned Stated Meeting. 



The President in tlie chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary read letters from Messrs. 

 Arnold, Genth, Mayer, and Mills, accepting their elec- 

 tion as Fellows of the Academy ; also, a letter from Mr. 

 Parkman, declining his election as a member of the Council. 



Mr. R. C. Winthrop was elected a member of the Council 

 in place of Mr. Parkman. 



The Corresponding Secretary read a petition from the 

 Trustees of the Boston Public Libiary to the General Gov- 

 ernment, asking aid toward the publication of a Topical 

 Index of the United States Documents ; and it was 



Voted, To authorize the President to sign this document 

 in behalf of the Academy. 



Dr. Gibbs presented a memorial petitioning Congress to 

 remove the duty on foreign scientific books not in English, 

 Latin, or Greek ; and it was 



Voted, to authorize the President to sign this memorial. 



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