1891.] NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 109' 



March 16th, 1891. 



Stated Meeting. 



About one hundred and twenty-five persons present. 



In the absence of any of the oflBcers, Mr. P. H. Dudley was 

 called to the chair. 



The minutes of March 9th were read and approved. 



Mr. Dudley then introduced Prof. Charles Sprague 

 Smith, of Columbia College, who delivered a lecture entitled 



THE ORKNEYS AND SHETLAND, 



illustrated by lantern slides from photographs taken by the lec- 

 turer. 



At the close of the discourse a vote of thanks was extended to 

 Prof. Smith, and the meeting adjourned. 



March 23d, 1891. 



Stated Meeting. 



Vice-President Dr. Hubbard in the chair. 



About fifty persons present. 



Dr. Hubbard announced that the meeting was called to form 

 provisionally a Section of Ethnology, and asked for nominations 

 for chairman and secretary. 



Dr. Frederick Starr and W. B. Schoonmaker were chosen; 

 also a Committee on Permanent Organization, consisting of 

 Drs. Hubbard and Starr, and Prof. Martin. 



Dr. Starr then read a paper entitled 



THE man of the STONE AGE. 



(Abstract. ) 



What is meant by the Stone Age? Notice that it is a term 

 descriptive of a stage of culture, not of a definite time. In 

 Western Europe the Stone Age is easily distinguished into pa- 



