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[Feb. 



The amendment to the Laws offered at last meeting vas con- 

 sidered. The Librarian gave proof of advertisement. 



By the requisite vote, Chap, viii. Sec. 3, was amended by 

 striking out " 10 A.M. to 1 P.M.," and inserting " at such hours 

 as the Society may fix by resolution from time to time." 



The rough minutes were then read, and the Society was 

 adjourned by the President. 



Stated Meeting^ February 7, 1896. 



Present, 16 members. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows : 



A letter from Prof. George H. Smith, Los Angeles, Cal., 

 expressing grateful appreciation of the honor conferred upon 

 liim by the Society, in publishing his essay, and presenting 

 him with two hundred and fifty copies. 



A letter from Mr. Benjamin Sharp, Philadelphia, requesting 

 for the Academy of Natural Sciences the privilege of having 

 a microscopical examination made of two pieces of Jade, de- 

 jDOsited in the Museum of the Academy. On motion, this re- 

 quest was referred to the Curators. 



Acknowledgments were received from the Institut Egyp- 

 tien, Cairo (147); K. K. Bergakademie, Leoben, Austria 

 (92-107, 110, 111, 113-120, 125-133, 135-147); K. K. 

 Zoolog-botanische Gesellschaft, Vienna, Austria (147) ; 

 Scblesische Gesellschaft fiir vaterl. Cultur, Breslau, Prussia 

 (147) ; Naturhistorische Gesellschaft, Hannover, Prussia 

 (147) ; Naturhistorische Gesellschaft, Niirnberg, Bavaria 

 (147); Yerein fiir Naturkunde, Offenbach-a.-M., Germany 

 (143, 143, 147); K. Geodatisclies Institut, Potsdam, Prussia 

 (147); Biblioteca N. C, Firenze, Italia (147) ; R. Istituto 

 di Scienze, etc., Milan, Italy (143, 146); Observatorio di 

 Torino, Torino, Italia (147, and Trans. ^ xviii, 2); Prof. G. 

 Sergi, Rome, Italy (147); Commission des Annales des Mines 



