PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



HELD AT PHILADELPHIA 

 FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE 



YOL. XLV January- April, 1906. No. 182. 



Stated Meeting January 5, igo6. 

 President Smith in the Chair. 



An invitation was received from the Royal Geographical Society 

 ■of Australasia, announcing that it would celebrate in June, 1906, the 

 twenty-first anniversary of its foundation and inviting this Society 

 to participate. On motion the President was authorized to appoint 

 a delegate to represent the Society thereat. 



The Judges of the Annual Election of Officers and Councillors 

 reported that an election had been held on the afternoon of this day 

 and that the following named members had been elected to be officers 

 for the ensuing year : 



President 



Edgar F. Smith. 



Vice-Presiden ts 

 George F. Barker, William B. Scott, Simon Newcomb. 



Secretaries 



I. Minis Hays, Arthur W. Goodspeed, 



Edwin G. Conklin, Morris Jastrow, Jr. 



Curators 

 Charles L. Doolittle, William P. Wilson, Albert H. Smyth. 



