534 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1899. 



Miss Harriet M. Wardle was appointed a Jessup Fund student 

 under the provision for females made by the late Mrs. Bloomfield 

 H. Moore as an addition to the trust endowed by her father. 



A committee has been appointed by the President, at the in- 

 stance of the American Philosophical Society, to represent the 

 Academy at a meeting to be held in commemoration of the late 

 Dr. D. G. Brinton, who held the position of Professor of Ethnol- 

 ogy and Archseology in the Academy from February 25, 1884, 

 until his death. 



The Anthropological Section, not having held sessions or pre- 

 sented a report during the preceding twelve months, was, under 

 the By-Laws, declared at the meeting of the Academy held 

 December 27, 1898, to be no longer in existence. 



Edward J. Nolan, 



Recording Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 



During the past year, commencing December 1, 1898, there 

 have been received from one hundred and ten societies, museums, 

 libraries, etc., one hundred and eighty-six acknowledgments of 

 the receipt of the publications of the Academy, and from forty-four 

 societies, libraries, etc., fifty-six notices that their publications 

 have been forwarded to the Academy. Fourteen applications for 

 exchange and for supply of deficiencies in sets of the Academy's 

 publications, logether with eleven circulars and invitations to the 

 Academy to participate in congresses or meetings, and seven an- 

 nouncements of the deaths of scientific men, have also been 

 received, and when necessary, answered. 



The deaths of twelve correspondents have been recorded. 



Four hundred and twenty-nine acknowledgments of gifts to 

 the library have been forwarded. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Benjamin Sharp, 



Corresjjonding Secretary. 



