^86 [Oct. 2, 



Stated Meeting, October ;?, 1896. 



The President, Mr. Fraley, in tlie Cliair. 



Present, 13 members. 



]\[inutes of meeting of September 18 read and ap})roved. 

 The following correspondence was submitted : 

 Letters of acknowledgment from the Geological Survey, 

 Ottawa, Canada (150) ; Laval University, Quebec, Canada 

 (150, 151) ; University of Toronto, Canadian Institute, To- 

 ronto, Canada (151) ; Historical and Scientific Society, Win- 

 nipeg, Man. (150) ; Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me. (150, 

 151) ; Society Natural History, Portland, Me. (150, 151) : 

 New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord (150, 151) ; 

 Prof. C. H. Hitchcock, Hanover, N. H. (150) ; Hon. E. J. 

 Phelps, Burlington, Vt. (150) ; Athemeum (150), State 

 Librarian (150, 151), Massachusetts Historical Society (150, 

 151), Public Library (150, 151), Massachusetts Institute Tech- 

 nology (150), Boston Society Natural History (151), Mr. Stephen 

 P. Sharpies (150), Boston Mass.; Museum Comparative Zoology 

 (150), Prof. Alpheus Hyatt (150), Prof. F. W. Putnam, (150, 

 151), Mr. Robert N. Toppan (150, 151), Dr. Justin Winsor, 

 Cambridge, Mass. (150, 151); Free Public Library, New 

 Bedford, Mass. (151) ; Essex Institute, Prof. E. S. Morse, 

 Salem, Mass. (150, 151); American Antiquarian Society, 

 "Worcester, Mass. (151) ; Rhode Island Historical Society 

 (150, 151), Brown University, Providence, P. I. (151) ; Con- 

 necticut Historical Society, Hartford (150, 151) ; Yale Uni- 

 versity (150, 151), Prof. William Gibbs (150, 151), Prof. 

 Arthur W. Wright, New Haven, Conn. (150) ; Mr. James 

 Hall, Albany, N. Y. (150, 151); Buffalo Librarj^ Society 

 Natural Sciences, Buffalo, N. Y. (150, 151) ; Prof. Edward 

 North, Clinton, N. Y. (150), Profs. J. M. Hart (150, 151), 

 B. G. Wilder, Ithaca, N. Y. (151); American Geographical 

 Society (151), New York Academy Science (151), New York 

 Hospital Library (150, 151), American Museum Natural 

 History (150, 151\ New York Historical Society (Lji)), 



