RECORDS OP MEETINGS. 613 



The Chair announced the following deaths : H. E. von Hoist, 

 of Class III., Section 3, Associate Fellow ; Sir Leslie Stephen, 

 of Class III., Section 4, Foreign Honorary Member. 



On motion of the Corresponding Secretary, it was 



Voted, To send the following message to Sir Henry Enfield 

 Roscoe, on the fiftieth anniversary of his graduation as a Doctor 

 of Philosophy of the University of Heidelberg. " On this 

 memorable anniversary of the beginning of a life-work rich in 

 fruitful research and helpful service in the advancement of 

 science, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences sends 

 warmest greetings and enthusiastic congratulations." 



The Chair appointed the following councillors to serve as 

 Nominating Committee : — 



George F. Swain, of Class I., Robert DeC. Ward, of Class II., 

 Denman W. Ross, of Class III. 



On motion of the Recording Secretar}', it was 



Voted, To meet on adjournment on the second Wednesday in 

 April. 



A biographical notice of the late J. Elliot Cabot was read by 

 Colonel T. W. Higginson. 



Remarks on the life and character of Mr. Cabot were made 

 by Professor Barrett Wendell. 



Nine hundred and forty-eighth Meeting. 



April 13, 1904. — Adjourned Stated Meeting. 



The Corresponding Secretary in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary read letters from F. C. Thorpe 

 acknowledging the receipt of a copy of the resolution passed by 

 the Academy at its meeting on March 9; from the Natur- 

 historische Verein of Bonn, announcing the death of Dr. August 

 Huyssen ; from the Permanent Committee of the International 

 Congress of Botany, requesting the Academy to appoint a dele- 

 gate to the Congress to be held at Vienna, in June, 1905. 



On motion of Professor Webster, for the chairman of the 

 Rumford Committee, it was 



Voted, To appropriate from the income of the Rumford Fund 

 the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) to Professor Dewitt B. 



