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Sir Boverton Redwood, F.R.S., at London, on June 4, 1919, 



set. 73. 

 Ira Franklin Mansfield, at Beaver, Pa., on June 7, 1919, set. y'j. 

 Rt. Hon. John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, O.M., LL.D., 



D.C.L, on July i, 1919, set. 'j'j. 

 Gustavus Retzius, M.D., at Stockholm, on July 21, 1919, set. 'j']. 

 Charles Conrad Abbott, M.D., at Bristol, Pa., on July 27, 1919, 



set. "](). 

 Ernest Haeckel, Ph.D., at Jena, on August 8, 1919, set. 85. 

 Andrew Carnegie, LL.D., at'Xenox, Mass., on August 11, 1919, 



ast. 84. 

 The following papers were read : 

 " Trogloglanis Pattersoni, a New Blind Fish from San An- 

 tonio, Texas," by Carl Eigenmann, Ph.D. 

 " On the Luciopimelodinse, a New Subfamily of the South 



American Siluridse." by Charles S. Driver (communicated by 



Dr. Eigenmann). 



Stated Meeting, November 7, 1919. 



William B. Scott, D.Sc, LL.D., President, in the Chair. 

 Mr. George D. Rosengarten, a newly elected member, subscribed 

 the Laws and was admitted into the Society. 

 The following papers were read : 

 " An International Treaty which Resulted in a Scientific League 



of Nations," by Hon. William C. Redfield. 

 " The Metric System of Weights and Measures," by Dr. Samuel 



W. Stratton. 

 " Child Maintenance at Public Expense," by Elisha Kent Kane. 

 " Tectonics of Laccolithic Mountains," by Charles Keyes (com- 

 municated by Prof. W. B. Scott). 



Stated Meeting, December 5, 1919. 



William B. Scott, D.Sc, LL.D., President, in the Chair. 

 The decease was announced of 

 Charles Henry Hitchcock, A.M., Ph.D., LL.D., at Honolulu, 

 on November 6, 1919, set. 83. 



