PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



1899. 



January 3, 



Mr. Charles INIorris iu the Chair. 



Twenty-two persons j^reseut. 



The Council reported that the following Standing Committees 

 had been appointed to serve during the ensuing year: 



On Library. — Arthur Erwin Brown, Thomas A. Rol)inson, 

 Henry C. Chapman, M.D., Dr. C. Newliu Peirce, and Charles 

 Schaeffer, M.D. 



On Publications. — Thomas Meehan, Charles E. Smith, Henry 

 Skinner, M.D., Henry A. Pilsbry, and Edward J. Nolan, M.D. 



On Instruction and Lectures. —Uselma C. Smith, Benjamin 

 Smith Lyman, Samuel G. Dixon, M.D., Philip P. Calvert, Ph.D., 

 and Charles Morris. 



Standing Committee of Council on By-Laws. — Isaac J. 

 Wistar, Theodore D. Rand, Arthur Erwin Brown, and Benjamin 

 Sharp, M.D. 



The death of Theodore Caruel, a correspondent, was reported. 



