40 TRANSACTIONS OF TUE [dEC. 7, 



December 7th, 1891. 



Regular Business Meeting. 



Yice-President Dr. Hubbard in the Chair. Twenty-five persons 

 present. 



The minutes of the Business Meeting of November 2d were read 

 and approved. 



Mr. Garretson, Chairman of the Jay Memorial Commitee, made 

 the following report, which was unanimously adopted : — 



Resolved, That the New York Academy of Sciences receives with 

 deep regret the announcement of the death of Dr. John C. Jay, 

 which occurred at his country seat at Rye, N. Y., on November 

 8th of this current year. At the date of his decease. Dr. Jay was 

 the oldest surviving member of this Society, having joined the 

 Lyceum of Natural History fift^'-nine years ago. 



Resolved, That the Records and Annals of this Society bear 

 abundant testimony to the efficient services of Dr. Jay in its behalf 

 in his performance for many years of the duties of Treasurer of the 

 Lyceum, and to his substantial aid and wise advice afforded it in 

 times of financial difficulty. 



Resolved, That the Academy recognizes the eminent services ren- 

 dered by Dr. Jay to the cause of science in his specialty as a con- 

 chologist, through his labors in the collecting, classifying, and cata- 

 loguing of mollusca in the celebrated "Jay Collection" and the 

 gathering together of extensive and valuable literature connected 

 with the subject. 



Resolved, That the Academy and the public have cause for con- 

 gratulation in the fact that the results of Dr. Jay's labors will live 

 as a monument to his name and usefulness by the deposit with 

 the American Museum of Natural History in this city of "the 

 Jay Collection of Shells" and the catalogues and literature con- 

 nected therewith — all of which were purchased from Dr. Jay by 

 the late Miss Catherine Wolfe, and by her generously presented to 

 that institution for the benefit of posterity. 



Resolved, That these resolutions be recorded in the minutes of the 

 Academy, and a copy of the same be furnished by the Secretary to 

 his son. Dr. John C. Jay, Jr., of this city, to be received by him 

 in behalf of the family of our deceased member. 



The following persons recommended by the Council were elected 

 Resident Members by ballot : — 



Stephen P. Nash, 

 Dr. J. Adelphi Gottlieb, 

 Charles Riborg Mann, 

 Prof. Henry F. Osborn. 



