100 tj,„.2. 



Nominations for Librarian "being in order, a letter was read 

 from Prof. J, P. Lesley declining a renomination ; whereupon 

 Mr. Henry Pliillips, Jr., was nominated for the position of Li- 

 brarian. 



The following resolution was then offered by Mr. J. Sergeant 

 Price : 



Resolved, That the members of the Society learn with regret of Prof. 

 Lesley's determination of declining a renomination as Librarian, a posi- 

 tion which he has occupied for twenty-two years, and they desire to 

 express to him and to place on record their appreciation of the great value 

 of his services to the Society. 



Remarks were made by Messrs, Price, Brinton, Ashburner 

 and the President of the Society, bearing witness to Mr. Les- 

 ley's zeal and activity in his office, and expressing their regret 

 that his health and avocations would no longer permit him to 

 continue in his position. The resolutions were then unani- 

 mously adopted, and ordered to be engrossed and forwarded to 

 Prof. Lesley. 



The Committee of Publication reported in favor of publish- 

 ing the Dictionary of the Lenapi language, by Zeisberger, at a 

 cost for its preparation not to exceed three hundred dollars. 

 The report was accepted, and the Society ordered the publica- 

 tion of the same, referring to the Finance Committee the con- 

 sideration of the question of ways and means. 



Prof. Cope offered the following resolutions, Avhich were 

 seconded by Dr. Brinton, and adopted : 



Whereas, The cause of education in science is retarded by the restric- 

 tions placed by Congress on the importation of scientific books and appa- 

 ratus ; whereas we believe that advance in the arts and industries depends 

 on the development ot science, and is impeded by the before-mentioned 

 import duties, and that all restrictions on education and scientific research 

 are unworthy of enlightened government ; whereas the scientific books 

 published abroad are absolutely essential to students and investigators, 

 and are but rarely duplicated in this country ; whereas the value of scien- 

 tific apparatus is in nearly all cases dependent on the individuality of the 

 maker ; and whereas colleges and incorporated institutions are now per- 



