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Insurance Co., Hartford, Conn,; Meteorological Observatory, 

 Amer. Mathematical Society, Amer. Institute of Electrical 

 Engineers, Amer. Geographical Society, New York, N. Y.; 

 Mr. R. P. Potts, Camden, N. J.; Free Public Library, Jersey 

 City, N. J.; Penna. Board of Charities and Committee on 

 Lunacy, Harrisburg ; Engineers' Club, Maritime Exchange, 

 Hon. Gr. F. Edmunds, Dr. Walter M. James, Philadelphia ; 

 Johns Hopkins University, Editors of Chemical Journal and 

 American Journal of Philology^ Baltimore, Md.; Anthropo- 

 logical Society, Smithsonian Institution, Departments of the 

 Interior and State, Washington, D. C; Academy of Science, 

 St. Louis, Mo.; Editors of Journal of Comparative Neurology^ 

 Granville, O.; College Library, Oberlin, 0.; State Board of 

 Health, Nashville, Tenn.; University of California, Berkeley; 

 Field Columbian Museum, Academy of Sciences, Historical 

 Society, Chicago, 111.; Geological and Natural History Sur- 

 vey of Minnesota, St. Paul ; Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tions, Amherst, Mass.; Ithaca, N. Y.; State College, Pa.; 

 Newark, N. J.; Lafayette, Ind.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Observ- 

 atorio Meteorl. Central, Observatorio Astron. N. de Tacu- 

 baya, Mexico, Mex.; Observatorio Meteorl. Central del estado 

 de Veracruz Llave, Xalapa, Mex. 



A photograph for the Society's Album was received from 

 Dr. Edward A. Foggo, Philadelphia, 



Mr. Sachse presented two pictures. The one is a copy of a 

 pencil sketch of the Hall of the Philadelphia Academy, in 

 which this Society held its meetings for many years, drawn 

 to scale by Pierre E. du Simiti^re. The other picture is a 

 print published in 1790 of the present Hall of the Society as 

 it was at that time. 



On motion, the thanks of the Society were voted to Mr. 

 Sachse for his gift. The Special Committee on Prof. Hil- 

 precht's Paper on Cuneiform Inscriptions reported favorably, 

 and the Publication Committee also reported recommending 

 its Dublication, On motion, the paper was ordered to be 

 published. 



On behalf of the Curators, Dr, Morris reported that they 



