1896.] ^'^^ 



C. Branner, Stanford University, Cal. (151) ; Kansas Univer- 

 sity Quarterly, Lawrence, Kans. (151) ; Kansas State Histori- 

 cal Society, Toj)eka (151) ; Colorado Scientific Society;, 

 Denver (151) ; University of Wyoming, Laramie (151) ; 

 Museo de la Plata, La Plata, Argentine Republic (149). 



Accessions to the Library were reported from the K. Akad. 

 van Wetenscliappen, Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Yerein f. 

 Chemnitzer Geschichte, Chemnitz, Saxony; Pbysikal.-Med- 

 icin. Soc, Erlangen, Bavaria ; Vogtl. Altertumsfors. 

 Verein, Hohenleuben, Saxony ; Naturwissenschaftliche 

 A^erein, Regensburg, Bavaria ; Verein f. Vaterland. Natur- 

 kunde, Stuttgart, Wiirttemberg ; Observatorj", Greenwich, 

 Eng. ; JSTat. Hist. Society of Northumberland, Durham, etc., 

 New Castle-on-Tyne, Eng. ; American Congregational Asso- 

 ciation, Boston, Mass.; Surgeon-General's Office, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. ; Public Library, Cincinnati ; Michigan Board of 

 Agriculture, Lansing; Societe Scientihque du Chili, Santiago. 



Announcement of deaths : 



Joseph B. Townsend, Philadelphia, October 11, 1896, 

 set. 75. 



Dr. Friederich Miiller, Rostock, Germany. 



The stated business of meeting being the election of mem- 

 bers, Secretaries Frazer and Dubois acted as Tellers. 



Nominations 1332, 1334:, 1357 were referred to Council on 

 motion of Dr. Frazer. 



Pending nominations were then spoken to and the ballots 

 cast. 



The Tellers then reported the election of 



2297. Harrison Allen, M.D., Philadelphia. 



2298. Edson S. Bastin, Philadelphia. 



An invitation to the members of this Society to be present 

 at the opening of the new Museum Hall of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, Tuesday, October 20, at 3 p.m., was read. 



The rough minutes were then read, and the Society 

 adjourned. 



