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James AYorrall( April 1, 1885, set. 81,) at Harrisburg, Pa.; Wil- 

 liam Elder, M. D. (April 6, 188o, £et. 79), at Washington, D.C.; 

 Prof. 0. T. Siebold (April 8, 1885, set. 81), at Munich, Bavaria. 



On motion, the President was authorized at his discretion to 

 appoint proper persons to prepare obituary notices of de- 

 cedents. 



The President stated to the Society that, in pursuance of the 

 resolution adopted March 20th, he had appointed the following 

 gentlemen to prepare obituary notices of the members whose 

 decease was then announced. : Dr. DaCosta for Prof. Ellerslie 

 Wallace ; Mr. Frederick Graff for Titian E. Peale, and Mr. 

 William Sellers for George Whitney. 



Mr. W. Curtis Taylor exhibited some composite photographs 

 on the Galton method, and explained the theory and process of 

 their manufacture. 



Prof. F. A.Genth presented a paper entitled "Contributions 

 from the Laboratory of the University of Pennsjdvania, No. 

 XXIII. On the Vanadates and lodyrite^ from Lake Valley, 

 Sierra County, New Mexico, by F. A. Genth and Gerhard vom 

 Rath." 



Prof Cope communicated a paper on some points in Mexican 

 Geology and Zoology, and also a paper on some new Eocene 

 Vertebrata. 



Prof. P. E. Chase presented (by mail) a proof-sheet of a 

 paper entitled " Further Experiments in Weather Forecast " 

 (to appear in the Journal of the Franklin Institute for May, 

 1885). Also a paper on the Chase-Maxwell Eatio. 



The election of members was postponed to October 16th. 



The President reported that he had received and paid over 

 to the Treasurer, $132.44, the interest on the Michaux legacy 

 due April 1st, 1885. 



The Committee on Finance reported that there were sufficient 

 funds in hand for the preparation of the Zeisberger Lenape 

 Dictionary for the press, if the Society should order it to be 

 published. 



On motion of Mr. J. Sergeant Price, it was resolved that the 

 consideration of the subject should be postponed until some 



