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[Dec. 4, 



Letters of acknowledgment were read from the Statistical 

 Society, London (117, 118, 119); the Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington, D. C. (120) ; Annales des Mines (97-120) ; Royal 

 Society of Edinburgh (116, 117, 118, 119). 



Letters accepting membership in the Society were read from 

 Horace Jayne, M.D. (Phila., 1826 Chestnut St., November 

 26, 1885), Gaston Plante (Paris, April 12, 1885). 



A letter was read from Prof. Lesley declining the appointment 

 as chairman of the committee appointed at the last meeting on 

 the works of Villa Nueva and Neumayer. 



A circular was read from the Trustees of the " Elizabeth 

 Thompson Science Fund," calling attention to the provisions 

 under which the fund was administered. 



Prof. Frazer, from the Committee on the Works of Villa 

 Nueva and Neumayer, reported progress. 



An obituary notice of the late James Macfarlane, prepared 

 by Prof. J. P. Lesley, was read by the Secretaries. 



A MS. record book of the Wistar Association, 1824-1839, 

 was returned to the Society by Prof. Lesley, with a letter stating 

 he had just discovered it among a mass of papers. 



Dr. Frazer presented a paper entitled a Resume of the 

 Geology of York County, Pa. 



The Treasurer presented his annual report, which was re- 

 ferred to the Committee on Finance. 



The Board of Officers and Council submitted certain pro- 

 posed changes in the Laws and Regulations of the Society, 

 which were read, and under the laws laid over until December 

 18, 1885. 



Pending nominations Nos. 1067-1075 were read. 



On motion, permission was given to Prof. Cope to withdraw 

 his paper on Iguanidae, presented and accepted for the Trans- 

 actions, and the Secretaries were requested to add to it his 

 paper " Thirteenth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropi- 

 cal America." 



And the meeting was adjourned by the President. 



