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Committee of Publication. 



Seth C. Chandler, of Class I., Edward L. Mark, of Class II., 

 Crawford H. Toy, of Class III. 



Committee on the Library. 



Harry M. Goodwin, of Class I., Samuel Henshaw, of Class II., 

 Henry W. Haynes, of Class III. 



Auditing Committee. 

 Henry G. Denny, Frederick J. Stimson. 



On the recommendation of the Rumford Committee, it was 

 Voted, To award the Rumford Premium to Ernest Fox 

 Nichols of Columbia University. 



On the motion of the Recording Secretary, it was 

 looted, That the thanks of the Academy be tendered to 

 William M. Davis for his faithful and efficient services as 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



David G. Lyon gave an account, illustrated with lantern projec- 

 tions, of " The Recently Discovered Code of Laws, Promulgated 

 by Hammurabi, King of Babylon, Twenty-third Century B.C." 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



"Studies on Transformation of Saturnia Moths, with Notes 

 on the Life-History and Affinities of Brahmaea Japonica." By 

 A. S. Packard. 



" Heredity of Coat Color in Mice," by G. M. Allen. Pre- 

 sented by E. L. Mark. 



'• Sexual Reproduction in the Mucorineae,"by A. F. Blakeslee. 

 Presented by R. Thaxter. 



" On Mandragora as an Amesthetic," by C. R. Randolph. 

 Presented by M. H. Morgan. 



" A Problem in Statics and its Relation to Certain Algebraic 

 Invariants,'" by Mnxime Bocher. 



Contribution No. 2 from the Research Laboratory of Physical 

 Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "The Elec- 

 trical Conductivity of very Dilute Solutions of Hydrochloric 

 and Nitric Acids," by H. M. Goodwin and Raymond Haskell. 

 Presented by II. M. Goodwin. 



