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36 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [nOV. 3, 



The following recommendations of the Council (October 

 30th) were read, and the persons mentioned duly elected : 



1. The acceptance of tlie resignation of Judge R. L. Larre- 

 MORE, who withdraws from the Academy on account of failing 

 health. 



2. The election of Dr. Bashford Dean as Fellow. 



3. The election of the following Resident Members : 



Frederick Starr, Ph.D., 

 Mrs. Matilda Sutro, 

 Dr. Jeannette B. Green, 

 Charles F. Prentice, 

 Dr. Frank D. Skeel. 



4. The election as Corresponding Member of Prof. W. D. 

 Alexander, of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. 



5. The payment of sundry bills amounting to i=55.82. 



A letter was read from the New York Camera Club, inviting 

 the Fellows and Members of the Academy to an exhibition of 

 photo-mechanical processes at the Club Rooms on Fifth Avenue. 

 The Recording Secretary was directed to accept the invitation and 

 convey the thanks of the Academy to the Camera Club for their 

 kind invitation. 



Dr. J. S. Newberry then read the paper announced for the 

 evening, entitled 



ON the geological age and relations of the POTOMAC 

 group of VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. 



This paper was of great value, but on account of the sud- 

 den and severe illness of Dr. Newberry no abstract can be given 

 in the current number. 



At the close of the paper Dr. Hubbard asked whether this 

 formation underlies the city of Richmond. At Dutch Gap, near 

 the city, the Potomac River is very rapid and makes a bend of 

 six or seven miles. Near this place an artesian well was sunk 

 some three or four hundred feet into shell marl, and no rock was 

 encountered or water found. 



Dr. Bolton announced that the second annual meeting of 



