1890.] ^4 J 



Correspondence was submitted as follows: 



Letters accepting membership in the Society from Messrs. 

 George S. Fallerton, Robert P. Field, Heman L. Way land, 

 Philadelphia; Charles G. Leland, London, Eng. 



A circular from Mr. A. Strauch, announcing his successor- 

 ship to Mr. C. Vessilosski, as Secretary of the Academie Im- 

 periale des Sciences, St. Petersburg. 



Circulars from the K. Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis 

 Magistra. Amsterdam, announcing- the death of Dr. G. F. Wes- 

 terman, and the election of Dr. C. Kerbert as his successor. 



A circular from the K. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, 

 Guttingen, requesting Transactions, xiii, 3. 



A circular from the Societe Botanique Bavaroise, Munich, 

 requesting exchanges. 



A circular from M. Miguel Perez, announcing his successor- 

 ship to Prof. Mariano Barcena, as Directeur of the Observa- 

 torio Meteorolugico Magnetico Central, Mexico. 



Letters from societies responding to the request of the 

 American Philosophical Society for exchanges, were as fol- 

 lows : 



The Royal Asiatic Society (Straits Branch), Singapore ; K. 

 Danske Geografiske Selskab, Copenhagen; Observatorium der 

 K. K. Nautischen Akademie, Triest ; K. K. Militiir-Geo- 

 graphische Institut, Wien ; Geodiitische Institut, Hydrograph- 

 ische Amt des Reichs-Marine-Amt, Berlin; Verein fur Erd- 

 kunde, Cassel ; K. Sachs. Meteorologische Institut, Chemnitz ; 

 Siebenbergische Verein fur Naturwissenschaften, Hermann- 

 stadt ; NaturwisseDschaftliche Verein, Osnabriick; Wiirtem- 

 bergisehe Verein fur Handelsgeographie, Stuttgart ; Etat In- 

 dependant du Congo, Bruxelles ; Societe Neuchateloise de 

 Geographie, Neuchatel ; Union Geographique du Nord de la 

 France, Douai ; Societe de Geographie, Lille; Ministero di 

 Agr. e Commercio Direzione Generale della Statistica, Rome ; 

 Manchester Geographical Society; Belfast Natural History 

 and Philosophical Society ; Instituto Meteorologico Nacional 

 de Costa Rica; Direccion General de Estadistica, La Plata. 



Letters of envoy were received from the Secretary of Mines, 



