1906.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 51 



March 6. 



The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M.D., in the Chair. 



One hundred and twenty-seven persons present. 



The death of William W. Jefferis, a member, February 24, 1906, was 

 announced. 



The reception of a paper entitled "Phylogeny of the Races of 

 Volutilithes petrosus," by Burnett Smith, Ph.D. (February 23), was 

 reported. 



Dr. William P. Wilson made a communication on the Philippine 

 Islands, their resources, their inhabitants and present progress toward 

 independence. (No abstract.) 



March 20. 



Mr. Arthur Erwin Brow'n, \'ice-President, in the Chair. 



Sixty-nine persons present. 



Miss Mary S. Holmes made a communication on the Dos Pueblos 

 Caiion, California. (No abstract.) 



Francis William Rawle was elected a member. 



The following were ordered to be printed : 



