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[Sept. 18^ 



Sir Joseph PrestAvicli, Slioreham, near Sevenoaks, Kent, 

 Eng., June 25, 189(3. 



Prof. Josiali D. Whitney, Cambridge, Mass., August 19, 

 1896, xt. 77. 



Mr. Lewds A. Scott, Philadelphia, August 11, 1896, set. 

 77. 



Mr. Henry D. Wireman, Philadelphia, May 30, 1896, set. 

 50. 



Prof. Hubert Anson Newton, New Haven, Conn., August 

 12, 1896, a?t. 66. 



The President was requested to appoint members to prepare 

 obituaries of L. A. Scott, H. D. Wireman and Gabriel 

 Auguste Daubree. 



A letter from Prof. Branner was read transmitting a paper 

 on the " Marine Fossils of the Coal Measures of Arkansas," 

 by Dr. J. P. Smith. 



On motion the paper was referred to a committee for exam- 

 ination and report. 



Pending nominations 1332, 1334, 1357, and new nomina- 

 tions 1358 and 1359 were read. 



On motion of Mr. Tatham, the President was requested to 

 appoint a representative of this Society at the International 

 Congress of Geologists, to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, 

 in 1897. 



On motion, Dr. D. G. Brinton was appointed the represen- 

 tative of this Society at the International Congress of Ameri- 

 canists in Havre in 1897. 



The rough minutes were read and approved, and the meet- 

 ing adjourned by the presiding member. 



Stated Meeting, September 18, 1896. 



Curator, Dr. J. C. Morris, in the Chair. 



Present, 9 members. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows : 



From the President, appointing Messrs. Cope, Lyman and 



