446 [March 19, 



Stated Meeting, March 19, 1SS6. 



Present, 19 members. 



President, Mr. Fkaley, in the Chair. 



Lieut. A. W. Wyckoff, U. S. N., Dr. Owen Jones Wistar, 

 and Dr. Charles A. Oliver, were presented to the Chair and 

 took their seats. 



Donations to the Library were reported from China Branch 

 of the Koyal Asiatic Society; Physikalische Central- Observa- 

 torium and K. Akademie der Wissenschaften, St. Petersburg; 

 K. K. Naturhistorische Hof- Museum and K. Akademie der 

 Wissenschaften, Wien ; Nassauische Verein fur Naturkunde, 

 Wiesbaden ; Astronomische Nackrichten, Kiel ; Deutsche 

 Geologische Gesellschaft and Verein zur Beforderung des 

 Garten Baues, Berlin ; Physikalisch-Medicinische Gesellschaft, 

 Erlangen ; Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Pisa ; Societe 

 de Geographie and Mr. H. Welter, Paris ; Statistical Society, 

 Hong Kong; Meteorological Office and "Nature," London; 

 Philological Society, Cambridge, England; Manchester Literary 

 and Philosophical Society; Institut Canadien-Fran9aise, 

 Ottawa ; Canadian Institute, Toronto ; Harvard College, New 

 Haven ; Publishers of the " Traveller's Record," Hartford ; 

 Dr. L. B. Bush, of New York ; Brooklyn Entomological 

 Society ; Trenton Natural History Society ; Franklin Institute, 

 Pennsylvania Historical Society, College of Pharmacy, Dr. D. 

 Jayne & Son and Mr. Henry Phillips, Jr., Philadelphia ; Dela- 

 ware Historical Society ; American Chemical Society and 

 American Journal of Philology, Baltimore ; United States 

 Naval Institute, Annapolis ; Department of State, Hon. Samuel 

 J. Randall, John H. Hickcox, and Engineer Department, Wash- 

 ington ; Editor of " The Industrial South," Richmond ; Denison 

 University, Granville ; Publishers of the " Engineering Era," 

 Cleveland ; Washburn College, Topeka ; University of Cali- 

 fornia ; Mr. Juan Ignacio de Armas of Havana ; Deutsche 

 Wisscnschaftliche Verein zu Santiago. 



A chair was presented on behalf of the Executors of the 



