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LeConte, Remsen, Ecles, and Gilmaii, accepting their elec- 

 tion as Fellows of the Academ3\ 



On the motion of Professor Washburn, it was 



Voted^ To discharge the committee on Expert Evidence. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy : — 



Charles Edward Hamlin, of Cambridge, to be a Resident 

 Fellow in Class II., Section 3. 



Edwin Lawrence Godkin, of Cambridge, to be a Resident 

 Fellow in Class III., Section 3. 



Thomas Dwight, Jr., of Boston, to be a Resident Fellow 

 in Class II., Section 3. 



Conte Federigo Sclopis di Salerano, of Turin, to be a For- 

 eign Honorary Member in Class III., Section 1, in place of 

 the late Charles de Remusat. 



The proposed amendments to the Statutes and Standing 

 Votes of the Academy, by rule laid over from the last stated 

 meeting, were acted on seriatim. With some amendments 

 they were all adopted, and are incorporated in the new draft 

 of the Statutes and Standing Votes printed at the end of this 

 volume in connection with the Report of the Council. 



Professor Watson presented the following papers : — 



" A Description of the New Machinery and Processes em- 

 ployed to Obtain a Supply of Water for the Inland Naviga- 

 tion of the Champagne District of France." 



" Improvements in the Construction of River Locks, and 

 the Saving made in the Prism of Lift by the Use of Oscil- 

 lating Liquid Columns." 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



"• On the Effect of Thin Plates of Iron as Armatures to 

 Induction Coils." By Professor John Trowbridge. 



" On the Action of Methyl Iodide on Plumbic Urate." 

 By Professor H. B. Hill. 



A communication from the Boston Societ}' of Civil Engi- 

 neers on the introduction of the metric system of Aveights 

 and measures, was referred to a committee consisting of 

 Messrs. Pickering and Watson. 



