1^4: [ May 2 , 



On motion, the Society accepted the gift and requested the 

 President to express its thanks for the same. 



Accessions to the Library were reported from the Societe 

 de la Literature Finnoise, Helsingfors ; Naturforscher-Verein, 

 Riga ; Societe Malacologique de Belgique, Bruxelles ; K. K. 

 Geologische Reichsanstalt, Vienna ; K. P. Meteorologische 

 Institut, Physikalische Gesellschaft, Gesellschaft fur Anthropo- 

 logic, Ethnologie, etc., Messrs. M. Friedliinder & Sohn, Berlin ; 

 K. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Go'ttingen; Voigtliindi- 

 sche Alterthumsforschende Verein, Hohenleuben ; Biblioteca 

 N. C. V. E., Rome; The Boletin Meteorologico, Madrid; 

 Public Library, Salem, Mass. ; Yale University, New Haven ; 

 Engineers' Club, Mr. C. P. MacCalla, Philadelphia; U. S. 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey, Smithsonian Institution, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. ; Leancler McCormick Observatory, University 

 of Virginia ; Mr. William Harden, Savannah ; Society of Na- 

 tural History, Cincinnati ; Historical Society, Mr. Philip C. 

 Frieze, Chicago ; Iowa Academy of Sciences, Des Moines ; 

 University of California, Berkeley; California Academy of 

 Sciences, San Francisco. 



The President announced that he had appointed Mr. Wil- 

 liam P. Tatham to prepare the obituary notice of the late 

 Frederick Graff, and that the appointment had been accepted. 



The death of James McClune (Philadelphia, May 1, 1890, 

 a3t. 83) was announced. 



Dr. Bonwill, through the Secretaries, presented a paper en- 

 titled " Geometry and Mechanics Deny Evolution." 



Pending nominations Nos. 1209, 1210, 1211 and 1212 were 

 lead. 



The Committee on the Purchase of the Baird Portrait re- 

 ported progress and was continued. 



And the Society was adjourned by the President. 



