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bitions and have made possible this most interesting and instruc- 

 tive meeting. 



One thousand and twenty-fourth Meeting. 



April 23, 1913. 



The meeting was held at the House of the Academy. 

 The President in the Chair. 

 There were fifteen Fellows, with guests present. 

 Dr. Percival Lowell gave the following paper: — 

 "The Origin of the Planets." 



This was followed by extended discussion on the part of Fellows 

 of the Academy. 



One thousand and twenty-fifth Meeting. 



May 14, 1913. — Annual Meeting. 



The Academy met at its House. 



The President in the chair. 



There were fifty-one Fellows present. 



The following letters were read : — from the Reale Accademia 

 delle Scienze, Bologna, giving the conditions of Elia De Cyon 

 prize; from the Institut International de Physique Solvay, Bru- 

 xelles, enclosing the Statutes of the Institute. 



The annual report of the Council was read : — 



Report of the Council. 



Since the last report of the Council, there have been reported 

 the deaths of nine Fellows: — William Watson Goodwin, Lewis 

 Boss, Arthur Tracy Cabot, Oliver Clinton Wendell, Horace 

 Howard Furness, P>ancis Blake, John William Mallet, Henry 

 Leland Chapman and John Shaw Billings; and of four Foreign 

 Plonorary members: — Jean Leon Gerome, P^duard Strasburger, 

 Sir George Howard Darwin, and Jules Henri Poincare. 



Three Fellows have resigned: — Louis Cabot, John Fritz and 

 R. B. Richardson. 



Sixtv-one P'ellows have been elected, of which number two have 



